RHBA-2007:0943 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated java-1.5.0-bea package which removes support for WebStart and
the Java plugin as well as updating daylight savings information for New
Zealand is now available.

Description

The BEA WebLogic JRockit 1.5.0_08 JRE and SDK contain BEA WebLogic JRockit
Virtual Machine 1.5.0_08 and are certified for the Java 5 Platform,
Standard Edition, v1.5.0.

The Java 5 Runtime Environment consists of the Java virtual machine, the
Java platform core classes, and supporting files, including a Web browser
plugin for running Java applets. It is the runtime part of the Java 5 SDK,
but without the development tools such as compilers and debuggers.

The Java 5 Software Development Kit (SDK) is a development environment for
building applications, applets, and components that can be deployed on the
Java platform. The Java 5 SDK software includes tools useful for
developing and testing programs written in the Java programming language.
The Java 5 SDK software also includes a JDBC/ODBC bridge for Java
applications that need to communicate with a database.

BEA's JRockit 1.5.0 comprises the following packages:

java-1.5.0-bea
java-1.5.0-bea-console
java-1.5.0-bea-demo
java-1.5.0-bea-devel
java-1.5.0-bea-jdbc
java-1.5.0-bea-src

BEA has discontinued support for the Java plugin and WebStart. There is no
java-1.5.0-bea-plugin sub-package included in this release, and installing
these packages will remove any java-1.5.0-bea-plugin package you have
installed. Likewise, this release does not include the
java-1.4.2-bea-console sub-package and installing these packages will
remove any java-1.4.2-bea-console package you have installed.

This release also includes updates to zoneinfo accounting for the extension
of New Zealand Daylight Savings Time to 27 weeks per year.

All BEA JRockit users should install these updated packages which resolves
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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 298191 - RHEL-5: BEA Java 1.5.0: Update NZ zoneinfo

CVEs

(none)

References

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