Amazon Linux 1 Security Advisory: ALAS-2013-162
Advisory Release Date: 2013-03-02 16:49 Pacific
Advisory Updated Date: 2014-09-15 22:34 Pacific
FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity
Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the JMX and Libraries components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2013-1486, CVE-2013-1484)
An improper permission check issue was discovered in the Libraries component in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2013-1485)
It was discovered that OpenJDK leaked timing information when decrypting TLS/SSL protocol encrypted records when CBC-mode cipher suites were used. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to retrieve plain text from the encrypted packets by using a TLS/SSL server as a padding oracle. (CVE-2013-0169)
Affected Packages:
java-1.7.0-openjdk
Issue Correction:
Run yum update java-1.7.0-openjdk to update your system.
i686:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.i686
java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.i686
noarch:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.noarch
src:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.src
x86_64:
java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-src-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.x86_64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-demo-1.7.0.9-2.3.7.1.20.amzn1.x86_64