Eclipse bugfix requires Java 1.5.0_08

[renestach]

Binary package hint: sun-java5-jdk

Open-Xchange has just released a new beta product and many customers have problems to log into the administration interface. This has been reported as bug 7972 http://www.open-xchange.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7972

The Open-Xchange bug is a result of a bug in the Eclipse OSGi plugin reported as bug https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/attachment.cgi?id=71379&action=view

Unfortunately, the fix for the Eclipse bug triggers another bug in Sun Java5 which has been reported as bug http://bugs.sun.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=469998. This bug is fixed in the most current stable version 1.5.0_08.

In summary, updated packages for Sun Java5 fix the Eclipse issue and thus the Open-Xchange bug. There seems to be no other solution to fix this. It would be great if Ubuntu shipped the current stable version for Ubuntu 6.06 LTS.

[Torsten Spindler (tspindler)]

The open-xchange.org bugtracker doesn't seem to work. Can you confirm that the bug does not occur when you install 1.5.0_08 from Sun and use this instead?

[renestach (rene-stach)]

Yes, we verified this. We can reproduce easily with 1.5.0_06 but we cannot reproduce with 1.5.0_08.

BTW: Open-Xchange BTS has been updated yesterday. Pls try again.

[Carsten Hoeger (choeger)]

In addition, Java versions prior to 1.5.0_08 have security issues, see

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2426
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102731-1

[Justin Payne (neolithium82)]

Setting as incomplete for the time being. Sun Java 5 is available in the default repositories, though Sun Java 6 has been backported to Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper). With the backport it may not be a wishlist, more along the lines of a support issue so that users know where to look for the newer version.

Justin

[Carsten Hoeger (choeger)]

So what exactly is it, what you want to say with your comment?

[Justin Payne (neolithium82)]

This initially is a wishlist, due to the request of a newer version of Java to be installed on Ubuntu 6.06; with the backporting of Sun Java 6 to the LTS Release, it would seem to make this more completed than anything else. With that being said, and a newer version being available for all LTS Users, I'll close this bug out today.

Regards,
Justin

[Torsten Spindler (tspindler)]

The wish is for a more recent Java 5, not Java 6.

[Carsten Hoeger (choeger)]

Java 1.5 != Java 6

Replacing Java 1.5 with Java 6 does NOT solve the issue.

We - and I assume many others - did not yet certify our application against Java 6. It might not even work (well, that's unlikely, but hey, you know murphy).

[Torsten Spindler (tspindler)]

Will 1.5.0_12 also solve your problem or is _08 mandatory?

[renestach (rene-stach)]

Yes, everything >= 1.5.0_08 should help.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

[Expired for sun-java5 (Ubuntu) because there has been no activity for 60 days.]

[renestach (rene-stach)]

How can a security issue expire?

Any news on an updated package?

[Torsten Spindler (tspindler)]

Currently no news on the update, sorry.