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Red Hat: RHSA-2013-0570-01 Low: Oracle Java SE 6 End of Updates

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Calendar Grey February 26, 2013
Dist Redhat Esm H88
Oracle Java SE 7 will cease to be supported after April 30, 2015. Transition to current versions immediately.
Oracle Java SE 6 will no longer receive updates after February 28, 2013

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.

Summary

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.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update notification software alternatives Java SE 6

References

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/

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Advisory ID: RHSA-2013:0570-01
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0570.html
Issue date: 2013-02-26

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 6Supplementary media and Supplementary Red Hat Network (RHN) channels areaffected.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat update notification software alternatives Java SE 6

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