- Issued:
- 2013-02-26
- Updated:
- 2013-02-26
RHSA-2013:0570 - Security Advisory
Synopsis
Low: Oracle Java SE 6 - notification of end of public updates
Type/Severity
Security Advisory: Low
Topic
Oracle Java SE 6 will no longer receive updates after February 28, 2013.
The java-1.6.0-sun packages on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Supplementary media and Supplementary Red Hat Network (RHN) channels are
affected.
Description
Oracle Java SE 6 will no longer receive updates after February 28, 2013.
The Oracle Java SE 6 packages on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6
Supplementary media and Red Hat Network (RHN) channels will continue to be
available after February 28, 2013.
Red Hat will continue to provide these packages only as a courtesy to
customers. Red Hat will not provide updates to these packages after this
date.
Solution
Red Hat recommends that customers using Oracle Java SE 6 choose one of the
following alternative Java implementations:
- OpenJDK 6, which is available and supported in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 and 6.
- IBM's Java SE 6, which is available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
and 6 Supplementary media and Supplementary RHN channels through
September 2017.
- OpenJDK 7, which is available and supported in Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 and 6.
- IBM's Java SE 7, which is available on the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
and 6 Supplementary media and Supplementary RHN channels.
- Oracle Java SE 7, which is available today on the Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 and 6 Supplementary media and Supplementary RHN channels.
In the near future, Red Hat will provide updated packages for these
alternative Java implementations and detailed instructions describing how
to configure a new default Java runtime environment.
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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.4 i386
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.4 x86_64
- 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 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 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 6.4 x86_64
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.4 i386
Fixes
(none)CVEs
(none)
The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.