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High USN-3747-1 4 CVEs

openjdk-lts vulnerabilities

Published Aug 21, 2018 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Summary

It was discovered that OpenJDK did not properly validate types in some
situations. An attacker could use this to construct a Java class that could
possibly bypass sandbox restrictions. (CVE-2018-2825, CVE-2018-2826)

It was discovered that the PatternSyntaxException class in OpenJDK did not
properly validate arguments passed to it. An attacker could use this to
potentially construct a class that caused a denial of service (excessive
memory consumption). (CVE-2018-2952)

Daniel Bleichenbacher discovered a vulnerability in the Galois/Counter Mode
(GCM) mode of operation for symmetric block ciphers in OpenJDK. An attacker
could use this to expose sensitive information. (CVE-2018-2972)

Fixed packages 1

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 18.04 LTS 18.04:LTS openjdk-lts 10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.1

Vulnerabilities 4

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2825
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2826
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2952
  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-2972