USN-7253-1: OpenJDK 17 vulnerability

5 February 2025

OpenJDK 17 could be made to expose sensitive information over the network.

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It was discovered that the Hotspot component of OpenJDK 17 did not properly
handle API access under certain circumstances. An unauthenticated attacker
could possibly use this issue to access unauthorized resources and expose
sensitive information.

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Update instructions

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 24.04
Ubuntu 22.04
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04

This update uses a new upstream release, which includes additional bug
fixes. After a standard system update you need to restart Java
applications to make all the necessary changes.

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