Vulnerability in openjdk-7 (USN-2696-1)

Summary

vulnerability in openjdk-7 (USN-2696-1). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to `7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1` or later.

AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2

A vulnerability tracked as **USN-2696-1** has been found in openjdk-7. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: ?/10. What to do: upgrade openjdk-7 to **7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1** or later. If unsure, ask your IT team or search "openjdk-7 USN-2696-1" on the vendor's site.

USN-2696-1 (openjdk-7) — Patched: `7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1` — apply immediately Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs. Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.

❓ What is the problem

**A vulnerability** (unclassified) exists in openjdk-7.

📍 Affected scope

openjdk-7 — .

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure

🔧 How to fix

Update to **7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1**.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'openjdk-7' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response Actions (7 steps)

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'openjdk-7' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `openjdk-7` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
6
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade openjdk-7 to 7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1
```
ステージング環境で 7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスと、Step 3 で見つけた異常検知の続報チェックを含めること。
7
Post-deployment verification verify
```
Confirm patched version is live in production
```
パッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS openjdk-7

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"7u79-2.5.6-0ubuntu1.14.04.1"}]}]

References

advisory https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2696-1
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2590
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2601
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2613
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2621
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2625
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2628
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2632
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-2808
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4000
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4731
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4732
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4733
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4748
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4749
report https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-4760