RHBA-2014:1797 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.8.0-openjdk packages that fix two bugs are now available for Red
Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The java-1.8.0-openjdk packages provide the OpenJDK 8 Java Runtime Environment
and the OpenJDK 8 Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• In Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, the java-1.8.0-openjdk packages mistakenly

included the SunEC provider, which does not function properly on this system.
With this update, SunEC has been removed from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
version of java-1.8.0-openjdk. (BZ#1154948)

• Prior to this update, the java-1.8.0-openjdk packages were incorrectly

configured to be provided by "java*", which could cause them to be included in
inappropriate builds. As a consequence, the "yum install java" command in some
cases installed java-1.8.0-openjdk instead of the intended Java package. This
update removes the providing configuration, and java-1.8.0-openjdk can now only
be installed using the "yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk" command. (BZ#1156375)

Users of java-1.8.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages,
which fix these bugs. 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/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 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 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node 6.6 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 - 1156375 - Remove java* provides from java-1.8.0-openjdk [RHEL-6.7]

CVEs

(none)

References

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