RHBA-2013:1611 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.7.0-openjdk packages that fix several bugs and add various
enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The java-1.7.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 7 Java Runtime Environment
and the OpenJDK 7 Software Development Kit.

The java-1.7.0-openjdk package has been upgraded to upstream version 2.4.3,
which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version.

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Attempting to compile a SystemTap script using the jstack tapset could

have failed with an error similar to the following:

error: the frame size of 272 bytes is larger than 256 bytes

This update corrects the jstack tapset and resolves this problem. (BZ#825824)

• Because of incorrect KDC list concatenation logic, the

sun.security.krb5.Config.getKDCList method returned incorrect KDC lists when the
dns_lookup_kdc property in the krb5.conf file was set to true. The concatenation
logic has been fixed with this release and correct KDC lists are now returned.
(BZ#871771)

• The java-1.7.0-openjdk RPM package contained incorrect specification of the

libnss3 dependency and installed its x86_64 version on i686 systems. Because of
the missing dependency, launching the java command with the

• Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote parameter on 32bit JVMs terminated unexpectedly.

The dependency specification has been corrected with this update. As a result,
the correct version of the libnss3 package is installed and the java command no
longer terminates when launched with the -Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote
parameter. (BZ#997633)

In addition, this update adds the following enhancements:

• The NSS security provider is now the default security provider in OpenJDK 7.

This brings a significant performance improvement over the previous releases.
(BZ#831734, BZ#905128)

• The java-1.7.0-openjdk RPM package now provides the java dependency. As a

result, it is no longer necessary to have the java-1.6.0-openjdk package
installed alongside java-1.7.0-openjdk for the java dependency to be available.
(BZ#916288)

Users of java-1.7.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs and add these enhancements. All running instances of
OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 905128 - [CRASH] OpenJDK-1.7.0 while using NSS security provider and kerberos
• BZ - 997633 - Adding com.sun.management.jmxremote system property to 32-bit JVM commandline crashes JVM

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)