RHBA-2011:0835 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary.

Description

The Sun 1.6.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and the
Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit.

These updated java-1.6.0-sun packages upgrade Sun Java 6 SDK to version
1.6.0_25, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the
previous version.

In addition, these updated java-1.6.0-sun packages fix the following bug:

• Previously, in Eclipse, the Java Virtual Machine could have terminated with a

segmentation fault when the user tried to rebuild the project index for a CDT
(C/C++ Development Tools) project. With this update, Eclipse no longer crashes
when a CDT project index is rebuilt. (BZ#681903, BZ#705351, BZ#705353)

Note that all running instances of Sun Java must be restarted in order for these
changes to take effect.

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated java-1.6.0-sun packages, which
upgrade the Sun 1.6.0 Java and fix this bug.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 5.6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 681903 - New Sun JDK needed to avoid Eclipse crashes when using CDT
• BZ - 705351 - New Sun JDK needed to avoid Eclipse crashes when using CDT
• BZ - 705353 - New Sun JDK needed to avoid Eclipse crashes when using CDT

CVEs

(none)

References

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u25releasenotes-356444.html