Issued:

2010-01-29

Updated:

2010-01-29

RHBA-2010:0072 - java-1.6.0-sun bug fix update

Synopsis

java-1.6.0-sun bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 Supplementary.

Description

The java-1.6.0-sun packages include the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment, Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit (SDK), the source code for the Sun Java class libraries, the Sun Java browser plug-in and Web Start, the Sun JDBC/ODBC bridge driver, and demonstration files for the Sun Java 6 SDK.

These updated java-1.6.0-sun packages upgrade Sun's Java 6 SDK from version 1.6.0_17 to version 1.6.0_18, which provides fixes for a number of bugs. To view the release notes for the bug fixes included in this update, refer to the URL provided in the "References" section of this errata. (BZ#557418)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 557418

CVEs

(none)

References

• Content from java.sun.com is not included.Content from java.sun.com is not included.http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u18.html

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.