Issued:
2013-02-20
Updated:
2013-02-20

RHBA-2013:0491 - icedtea-web bug fix update

Synopsis

icedtea-web bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory (none)

Topic

Updated icedtea-web packages that fix one bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The IcedTea-Web project provides a Java web browser plug-in and an implementation of Java Web Start, which is based on the Netx project. It also contains a configuration tool for managing deployment settings for the plug-in and Web Start implementations.

This update fixes the following bug:

  • Previously, the IcedTea-Web plug-in was built against JDK 6, but in runtime it was possible to use it with JDK 7. Consequently, IcedTea-Web sometimes failed to run. With this update, the icedtea-web package is built against JDK 7 and IcedTea-Web is using JDK 7 in runtime, thus preventing this bug. Note that the end of public updates for JDK 6 is scheduled to go into effect in upcoming weeks. (BZ#838084)

Users of icedtea-web are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Retired Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • icedtea-web-1.2.2-3.el6.src.rpm
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo-1.2.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • icedtea-web-javadoc-1.2.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • icedtea-web-javadoc-1.2.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • icedtea-web-1.2.2-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • icedtea-web-1.2.2-3.el6.i686.rpm
  • icedtea-web-debuginfo-1.2.2-3.el6.i686.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Additional information