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Critical OpenJDK Security Update for Fedora 21: 2015-11859 Release

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Calendar Grey July 21, 2015
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Important security patch released for Fedora 21 targeting OpenJDK security flaws as outlined in Oracle's July 2015 advisory.
security update to oracle CPU july 2015 - https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2015.html

Summary

The OpenJDK runtime environment.

Update Information:

security update to oracle CPU july 2015 - https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2015.html

Change Log

* Fri Jul 17 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.51-4.b16 - added one more md5sum test (thanx to Sewerein!) * Thu Jul 16 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.51-3.b16 - doubled slash in md5sum test in post * Wed Jul 15 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.51-2.b16 - sync with rhel7 * Tue Jul 14 2015 Omair Majid - 1:1.8.0.51-1.b16 - Update to the jdk8u51-b16 security release. * Fri Jun 5 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.45-40.b14 - added requires lksctp-tools for headless subpackage to make sun.nio.ch.sctp work - added patch506 rhbz1213280-b51c6914f297.patch - allow build on Linux 4.x kernel (sync from master) * Mon May 25 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.45-39.b14 - patches 501-503 moved out of with_systemtap block patch501 1182011_JavaPrintApiDoesNotPrintUmlautCharsWithPostscriptOutputCorrectly.patch patch502 1182694_javaApplicationMenuMisbehave.patch patch503 d318d83c4e74.patch * Wed May 13 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.45-38.b14 - updated to 8u45-b14 with hope to fix rhbz#1123870 - sync with f22 * Wed Apr 29 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.45-35.b13 - Omit jsa files from power64 file list as well, as they are never generated - moved to boot build by openjdk8 - Use the template interpreter on ppc64le * Fri Apr 10 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.45-31.b13 - repacked sources * Tue Apr 7 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.45-30.b13 - updated to security u45 - added patch d318d83c4e74.patch - added rhbz1206656_fix_current_stack_pointer.patch - renamed PStack-808293.patch -> java-1.8.0-openjdk-PStack-808293.patch - renamed remove-intree-libraries.sh -> java-1.8.0-openjdk-remove-intree-libraries.sh - renamed to preven conflix with jdk7 * Thu Apr 2 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.40-27.b25 - bumped release. Needed rebuild by itself on arm * Tue Mar 31 2015 Severin Gehwolf - 1:1.8.0.40-26.b25 - Make Zero build-able on ARM32. Resolves: RHBZ#1206656 * Fri Mar 27 2015 Dan Horák - 1:1.8.0.40-25.b25 - refresh s390 patches * Fri Mar 27 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.40-24.b25 - added patch501 1182011_JavaPrintApiDoesNotPrintUmlautCharsWithPostscriptOutputCorrectly.patch - added patch502 1182694_javaApplicationMenuMisbehave.patch - both upstreamed, will be gone with u60 * Wed Mar 25 2015 Omair Majid - 1:1.8.0.40-23.b25 - Disable various EC algorithms in configuration * Mon Mar 23 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.40-22.b25 - sytemtap made working for dual package * Tue Mar 3 2015 Severin Gehwolf - 1:1.8.0.40-21.b25 - Added compiler no-warn- * Fri Feb 20 2015 Omair Majid - 1:1.8.0.40-21.b25 - Fix zero interpreter build. * Thu Feb 12 2015 Omair Majid - 1:1.8.0.40-21.b25 - Fix building with gcc 5 by ignoring return-local-addr warning - Include additional debugging info for java class files and test that they are present * Thu Feb 12 2015 Jiri Vanek - 1:1.8.0.40-20.b25 - bumped to b25 - removed upstreamed patch11 hotspot-build-j-directive.patch - policies repacked to stop spamming yum update - added and used source20 repackReproduciblePolycies.sh - added mehanism to force priority size * Fri Jan 9 2015 Dan Horák - 1:1.8.0.40-19.b12 - refresh s390 patches

References

Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2015-11859 2015-07-21 05:08:48
Name : java-1.8.0-openjdk Product : Fedora 21 Version : 1.8.0.51 Release : 4.b16.fc21 URL : https://openjdk.org/ Summary : OpenJDK Runtime Environment Description : The OpenJDK runtime environment.

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. Use su -c 'yum update java-1.8.0-openjdk' at the command line. For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum", available at .

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Name: java-1.8.0-openjdk
Product: Fedora 21
Version: 1.8.0.51
Release: 4.b16.fc21
Summary: OpenJDK Runtime Environment

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