Debian Security Advisory

DSA-2507-1 openjdk-6 -- several vulnerabilities

Date Reported:
04 Jul 2012
Affected Packages:
openjdk-6
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2012-1711, CVE-2012-1713, CVE-2012-1716, CVE-2012-1717, CVE-2012-1718, CVE-2012-1719, CVE-2012-1723, CVE-2012-1724, CVE-2012-1725.
More information:

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Oracle Java platform.

  • CVE-2012-1711 CVE-2012-1719

    Multiple errors in the CORBA implementation could lead to breakouts of the Java sandbox.

  • CVE-2012-1713

    Missing input sanitising in the font manager could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

  • CVE-2012-1716

    The SynthLookAndFeel Swing class could be abused to break out of the Java sandbox.

  • CVE-2012-1717

    Several temporary files were created insecurely, resulting in local information disclosure.

  • CVE-2012-1718

    Certificate revocation lists were incorrectly implemented.

  • CVE-2012-1723 CVE-2012-1725

    Validation errors in the bytecode verifier of the Hotspot VM could lead to breakouts of the Java sandbox.

  • CVE-2012-1724

    Missing input sanitising in the XML parser could lead to denial of service through an infinite loop.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 6b18-1.8.13-0+squeeze2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 6b24-1.11.3-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your openjdk-6 packages.