Well, looks like I'll be grabbing their version off their website. Kinda sucks though... On Dec 15, 2011 7:59 PM, "Stephen Michael Kellat" <[email protected]> wrote:
> If you need to take action, please do so ASAP. > > SMK > > > ----- Original message ----- > From: "Marc Deslauriers" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2011 14:28:10 -0500 > Subject: Important notice regarding Java packages in Partner archive > > The Canonical partner archive currently contains Oracle's Sun Java JDK > packages (sun-java6) for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 10.10 and Ubuntu > 11.04. > > As of August 24th 2011, we no longer have permission to redistribute new > Java packages as Oracle has retired the “Operating System Distributor > License for Java” [1][2]. > > Oracle has published an advisory about security issues in the version of > Java we currently have in the partner archive [3]. Some of these issues > are > currently being exploited in the wild. > > Due to the severity of the security risk, Canonical is immediately > releasing a security update for the Sun JDK browser plugin which will > disable the plugin on all machines. This will mitigate users' risk from > malicious websites exploiting the vulnerable version of the Sun JDK. > > In the near future (exact date TBD), Canonical will remove all Sun JDK > packages from the Partner archive. This will be accomplished by pushing > empty packages to the archive, so that the Sun JDK will be removed from > all > users machines when they do a software update. Users of these packages > who > have not migrated to an alternative solution will experience failures > after > the package updates have removed Oracle Java from the system. > > If you are currently using the Oracle Java packages from the partner > archive, you have two options: > > 1- Install the OpenJDK packages that are provided in the main Ubuntu > archive. (icedtea6-plugin for the browser plugin, openjdk-6-jdk or > openjdk-6-jre for the virtual machine) > 2- Manually install Oracle's Java software from their web site [4]. > > For more information, please consult the wiki page on the subject [5]. > > We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, and thank you for > your > understanding. > > [1] - http://jdk-distros.java.net/ > [2] - http://robilad.livejournal.com/90792.html > [3] - > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuoct2011-443431.html > [4] - http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html > [5] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LucidLynx/ReleaseNotes/Java6Transition > > -- > ubuntu-security-announce mailing list > [email protected] > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-security-announce > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-us-ohio > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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