Re: sun-java6-plugin outdated and vulnerable to an actively exploited security issue

To: "echo083" <echo083@yahoo.fr>
Cc: debian-security@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: sun-java6-plugin outdated and vulnerable to an actively exploited security issue
From: "Thijs Kinkhorst" <thijs@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 16 Aug 2012 11:37:09 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] 502C8B87.50102@yahoo.fr>
References: <[🔎] 502C8B87.50102@yahoo.fr>

Hi Adam,

On Thu, August 16, 2012 07:56, echo083 wrote:
> The sun-java6 in the stable branch is the version 1.6.0_26 is there a
> plan for any security upgrade ?

I'm afraid that's not possible. Oracle has changed licensing such that
it's no longer allowed for Debian to distribute newer versions. There's
somewhat more detail in http://www.debian.org/News/weekly/2011/15/#javarm

It is advised to switch to openjdk-6 instead.

Cheers,
Thijs

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