| Description: | The remote host is missing an update to openjdk-6
announced via advisory USN-748-1.
Details follow:
It was discovered that font creation could leak temporary files.
If a user were tricked into loading a malicious program or applet,
a remote attacker could consume disk space, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2006-2426, CVE-2009-1100)
It was discovered that the lightweight HttpServer did not correctly close
files on dataless connections. A remote attacker could send specially
crafted requests, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1101)
Certain 64bit Java actions would crash an application. A local attacker
might be able to cause a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1102)
It was discovered that LDAP connections did not close correctly.
A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests, leading to a
denial of service. (CVE-2009-1093)
Java LDAP routines did not unserialize certain data correctly. A remote
attacker could send specially crafted requests that could lead to
arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-1094)
Java did not correctly check certain JAR headers. If a user or
automated system were tricked into processing a malicious JAR file,
a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of
service. (CVE-2009-1095, CVE-2009-1096)
It was discovered that PNG and GIF decoding in Java could lead to memory
corruption. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing
a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application,
leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1097, CVE-2009-1098)
Solution:
The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the
following package versions:
Ubuntu 8.10:
icedtea6-plugin 6b12-0ubuntu6.4
openjdk-6-jdk 6b12-0ubuntu6.4
openjdk-6-jre 6b12-0ubuntu6.4
openjdk-6-jre-headless 6b12-0ubuntu6.4
openjdk-6-jre-lib 6b12-0ubuntu6.4
After a standard system upgrade you need to restart any Java applications
to effect the necessary changes.
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=USN-748-1 |
