java-1_6_0-openjdk has been updated to version
Icedtea6-1.12.5 which fixes several security issues.
Security fixes
- S6657673, CVE-2013-1518: Issues with JAXP
- S7200507: Refactor Introspector internals
- S8000724, CVE-2013-2417: Improve networking
serialization
- S8001031, CVE-2013-2419: Better font processing
- S8001040, CVE-2013-1537: Rework RMI model
- S8001322: Refactor deserialization
- S8001329, CVE-2013-1557: Augment RMI logging
- S8003335: Better handling of Finalizer thread
- S8003445: Adjust JAX-WS to focus on API
- S8003543, CVE-2013-2415: Improve processing of MTOM
attachments
- S8004261: Improve input validation
- S8004336, CVE-2013-2431: Better handling of method
handle intrinsic frames
- S8004986, CVE-2013-2383: Better handling of glyph
table
- S8004987, CVE-2013-2384: Improve font layout
- S8004994, CVE-2013-1569: Improve checking of glyph
table
- S8005432: Update access to JAX-WS
- S8005943: (process) Improved Runtime.exec
- S8006309: More reliable control panel operation
- S8006435, CVE-2013-2424: Improvements in JMX
- S8006790: Improve checking for windows
- S8006795: Improve font warning messages
- S8007406: Improve accessibility of AccessBridge
- S8007617, CVE-2013-2420: Better validation of images
- S8007667, CVE-2013-2430: Better image reading
- S8007918, CVE-2013-2429: Better image writing
- S8009063, CVE-2013-2426: Improve reliability of
ConcurrentHashMap
- S8009305, CVE-2013-0401: Improve AWT data transfer
- S8009699, CVE-2013-2421: Methodhandle lookup
- S8009814, CVE-2013-1488: Better driver management
- S8009857, CVE-2013-2422: Problem with plugin
- RH952389: Temporary files created with insecure
permissions
Backports
- S7197906: BlockOffsetArray::power_to_cards_back()
needs to handle > 32 bit shifts
- S7036559: ConcurrentHashMap footprint and contention
improvements
- S5102804: Memory leak in
Introspector.getBeanInfo(Class) for custom BeanInfo: Class
param (with WeakCache from S6397609)
- S6501644: sync LayoutEngine code structure to match
ICU
- S6886358: layout code update
- S6963811: Deadlock-prone locking changes in
Introspector
- S7017324: Kerning crash in JDK 7 since ICU layout
update
- S7064279: Introspector.getBeanInfo() should release
some resources in timely manner
- S8004302: javax/xml/soap/Test7013971.java fails since
jdk6u39b01
- S7133220: Additional patches to JAXP 1.4.5 update 1
for 7u4 (partial for S6657673)
- S8009530: ICU Kern table support broken
Bug fixes
- OJ3: Fix get_stack_bounds memory leak (alternate fix
for S7197906)
- PR1362: Fedora 19 / rawhide FTBFS SIGILL
- PR1338: Remove dependence on libXp
- PR1339: Simplify the rhino class rewriter to avoid
use of concurrency
- PR1336: Bootstrap failure on Fedora 17/18
- PR1319: Correct #ifdef to #if
- PR1402: Support glibc < 2.17 with AArch64 patch
- Give xalan/xerces access to their own internal
packages.
New features
- JAXP, JAXWS & JAF supplied as patches rather than
drops to aid subsequent patching.
- PR1380: Add AArch64 support to Zero