Issued:

2012-06-20

Updated:

2012-06-20

RHBA-2012:0836 - java-1.6.0-openjdk bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

java-1.6.0-openjdk bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix multiple bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The java-1.6.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit.

The java-1.6.0-openjdk packages have been upgraded to upstream version 1.11.1, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. (BZ#771971)

This update fixes the following bugs:

• Previously, after updating OpenJDK to java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.40.1.9.10.el6_1, the Java Remote Object Registry (rmiregistry) started only if run with the java.rmi.server.codebase argument, otherwise the registry start failed. This update fixes the regression and the registry can be started without the argument as expected. (BZ#751203)

• Channel binding for the Kerberos protocol was implemented incorrectly and OpenJDK did not process Kerberos GSS (General Security Services) contexts which did not have incoming channel binding. This resulted in interopability problems with Internet Explorer on Windows Server 2008. With this update, OpenJDK handles unset channel binding correctly and processes Kerberos GSS contexts as expected. (BZ#767537)

• The SystemTap script translator (stap) run with jstack() systemtap support could terminate with an error similar to the following:

  ERROR: kernel read fault at 0x0000000000000018 (addr) near identifier '@cast' at /usr/share/systemtap/tapset/x86_64/jstack.stp:362:29

This update improves the jstack code including, for example, the constant definition and error handling, and the stap script with jstack now works more reliably. (BZ#804632)

• This update fixes multiple problems that occurred when using signed jar files. (BZ#805936, BZ#807324)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancement:

• Support for huge pages was added. (BZ#751410)

All users of java-1.6.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.src.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.45.1.11.1.el6.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 767537
• This content is not included.BZ - 804632

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

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.