Download Sun Java 6.0 Update 7

Sun has already released the seventh update for Java Standard Edition 6.0, both for the development kit and for the runtime environment. The version designation has been set to 6.0 update 7 and the exact version number has moved to 1.6.0_07-b06. The developers have improved the security of several components and fixed a list of bugs. The list of changes for this seventh update is as follows:

Changes in 1.6.0_07:

The full internal version number for this update release is 1.6.0_07-b06 (where “b” means “build”). The external version number is 6u7. Included in JDK 6u7 is version 10.0 of the Java HotSpot Virtual Machine.

Olson Data 2008b:
This release contains Olson time zone data version 2008b. For more information, refer to 6679340 or see US DST Timezone Updater.

VisualVM
Java VisualVM is provided as part of this update release. Java VisualVM is a tool with a visual interface for viewing detailed information about Java applications while they are running on a Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and for troubleshooting and profiling these applications. Various optional tools, including Java VisualVM, are provided with Sun’s distribution of the Java Development Kit (JDK) for retrieving different types of data about running JVM software instances. Java VisualVM federates these tools to obtain data from the JVM software, then re-organizes and presents the information graphically enabling you to view different data about multiple Java applications uniformly, whether they are running locally or on remote machines. Furthermore, developers can extend Java VisualVM to add new functionality by creating and posting plugins to the tool’s built-in update center.

For more information about VisualVM, check the Product Documentationthe Project Home Page and Documentation Index.

Bug Fixes:
This release contains fixes for one or more security vulnerabilities. For more information, please see Sun Alerts 238687, 238628, 238965, 238966, 238967, 238968and 238905. Other bug fixes are listed in the following table:

• hotspot – jvmpi: forte_is_valid_method() should call CollectedHeap::is_in_reserved() rather than is_in()
• java – classes_lang: (process) Runtime.exec() hangs if signalled during fork/exec
• java – classes_security: Add replacement GlobalSign Root CA to JDK
• java – classes_security: Add Secom root certificates to the JDK
• java – classes_security: Add AOL Root CA #2 to JDK
• java – classes_util_i18n: (tz) Support tzdata2008b
• java – monitoring: REGRESSION: NPE in ConnectorBootstrap when Agent.getManagementProperties() returns null.
• java – sunservicetags: Product Registration Info button in the Windows JDK installer should use default browser
• java_plugin – misc: Loading cacerts file from running JRE directory (JRE 1.4.2)
• java_plugin -ns6: Stack stub in CSecureJNIEnv
• java_plugin – plugin: Firefox hang upon first applet launch with Windows OEM builds of Java
• javawebstart – other: Wonderland does not install via webstart with 6u10 b21 or later
• jaxp – stax: DTD event is missing entity and notation information