Update Release Notes
Changes in 1.6.0_06
The full internal version number for this update release is 1.6.0_06-b02 (where "b" means "build"). The external version number is 6u6. Included in JDK 6u6 is version 10.0 of the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine.
This update release specifies the following security baselines:
| JRE Family Version | Security Baseline |
|---|---|
| 5.0 | 1.5.0_15 |
| 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_17 |
For more information about the security baseline, see Deploying Java Applets With Family JRE Versions in Java Plug-in for Internet Explorer .
This release contains Olson time zone data version 2007k. For more information, refer to 6646197 or see US DST Timezone Updater.
Bug fixes are listed in the following table.
| BugId | Category | Subcategory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6532373 | java | classes_awt | xcb_xlib.c:50: xcb_xlib_unlock: Assertion 'c->xlib.lock' failed. |
| 6632169 | java | classes_net | HttpClient and HttpsClient should not try to reverse lookup IP address of a proxy server |
| 6648816 | java | classes_security | REGRESSION: setting -Djava.security.debug=failure result in NPE in ACC |
| 6650748 | java | classes_util_i18n | (tz) Java runtime doesn't detect VET time zone correctly on Windows |
| 6673080 | java | classes_util_i18n | (tz) Support tzdata2008a |
| 6676491 | java | sunservicetags | Incorrect locale specified in the URL embedded in the register[_<locale>].html |
| 6641731 | java_deployment | general | The Java control panel is not showing up in the Windows Vista control panel on a AMD 64 machine |
| 6618901 | java_plugin | plugin | 6.0 JRE applet running on Vista limits heap to 64 MB |
| 6648381 | java_plugin | plugin | FontConfiguration exception preventing applets from loading |
| 6595845 | javawebstart | general | Java 6 JavaWebstart increases footprint by factor 2 |
| 6648395 | javawebstart | install | JWS can't find cache file after network crash |
| 6672868 | jax-ws | other | Package javax.xml.ws.wsaddressing not included in make/docs/CORE_PKGS.gmk |
| 6578538 | jce | classes_crypto | com.sun.crypto.provider.SunJCE instance leak using KRB5 and LoginContext |