| Description: | The IBM® 1.6.0 Java™ release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment
and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.
This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. These
vulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed in
the References section. (CVE-2008-5340, CVE-2008-5341, CVE-2008-5342,
CVE-2008-5343, CVE-2008-5351, CVE-2008-5356, CVE-2008-5357, CVE-2008-5358)
All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.6.0 SR4 Java release. All running instances
of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect. |