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[RHSA-2013:0570-01] Low: Oracle Java SE 6 - notification of end of public updates

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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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0570.html

Issue date: 2013-02-26

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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 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.

 

4. References:

 

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/lifecycle/index.html

 

5. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2013 Red Hat, Inc.

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