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

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.. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ==================================================================== Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Low: Oracle Java SE 6 - notification of end of public updates 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 ==================================================================== 1. Summary: 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. 2. 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. 3. 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 HatEnterprise 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. 4. References: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/ 5. Contact: The Red Hat security contact is . More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/ Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFRLSgQXlSAg2UNWIIRAh1eAKCJvwhFTILOC0EvqwRCDvjQ5IvPLwCgncuX xPNoNxvUq7wARAuAfk1XWAE=PXIW -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Enterprise-watch-list mailing list This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Oracle Java SE 7 will cease to be supported after April 30, 2015. Transition to current versions immediately.. Java SE 6, Red Hat updates, Java alternatives. . Severity: Low. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Feb 26, 2013 •Low Red Hat