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Ubuntu: USN-3613-1 (CVE-2018-2582): OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-3613-1 (CVE-2018-2582): OpenJDK 8 vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
01/17/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
04/25/2018
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 8u152 and 9.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u151. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized creation, deletion or modification access to critical data or all Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.5 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N).

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjdk-8-jdk
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjdk-8-jdk-headless
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjdk-8-jre
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjdk-8-jre-headless
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjdk-8-jre-jamvm
  • ubuntu-upgrade-openjdk-8-jre-zero

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