Update Release Notes
Changes in 1.6.0_12
The full internal version number for this update release is 1.6.0_12-b04 (where "b" means "build"). The external version number is 6u12.
This release contains Olson time zone data version 2008i. For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software .
This update release specifies the following security baselines for use with the original Java Plug-in technology:
| JRE Family Version | Security Baseline |
|---|---|
| 5.0 | 1.5.0_17 |
| 1.4.2 | 1.4.2_19 |
For more information about the security baseline, see Deploying Java Applets With Family JRE Versions in Java Plug-in for Internet Explorer .
64-Bit Browser Support for Java Plugin and Java Webstart
Note, if you use 32-bit and 64-bit browsers interchangeably, you will need to install both 32-bit and 64-bit JREs in order to have Java Plug-In for both browsers.
- Old Java plugin
- Java Kernel
- JQS
- DeployTK
- SSV
- Patch in Place
- Online installer
- Java auto download
- Java auto update
Improved application startup and runtime performance are provided.
- Limited mixing of heavyweight and lightweight components is supported. Limited mixing means that some components may not be handled perfectly. This includes, but is not limited to, support for non-opaque lightweight components.
- Translucent windows may not work correctly on some X11 systems. This problem is described in 6762511.
- The Security Warning used with the toplevel windows of an untrusted application has been improved to make it less intrusive and more subtle.
Windows Server 2008 Support
Supported Configurations
Performance improvements have been made in the following areas.
- Graphics performance improvements for:
- Anti-aliasing drawing and filing
- Non-anti-aliasing transformed rectangles and single wide lines
- Java Webstart startup time
This feature release does not contain any new fixes for security vulnerabilities to its previous release, Java SE 6 Update 11. Users who have Java SE 6 Update 11 have the latest security fixes and do not need to upgrade to this release to be current on security fixes.
Bug fixes are listed in the following table.
| BugId | Category | Subcategory | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6757316 | hotspot | compiler1 | load_constant() produces a wrong long constant, with high a low words swapped |
| 6758445 | hotspot | compiler1 | loop heads that are exception entry points can crash during count_edges/mark_loops |
| 6767587 | hotspot | compiler1 | missing call to make_not_entrant after deoptimizing for patching volatiles |
| 6741642 | hotspot | compiler2 | bad enum definition in ciTypeFlow.hpp |
| 6722112 | hotspot | garbage_collector | CMS: Incorrect encoding of overflown object arrays during concurrent precleaning |
| 6722116 | hotspot | garbage_collector | CMS: Incorrect overflow handling when using parallel concurrent marking |
| 6739357 | hotspot | garbage_collector | CMS: Switch off CMSPrecleanRefLists1 until 6722113 can be fixed |
| 6653214 | hotspot | monitoring_management | MemoryPoolMXBean.setUsageThreshold() does not support large heap sizes |
| 6671882 | hotspot | runtime_system | memory access after free in solaris/vm/os_solaris.cpp |
| 6382377 | idl | orb | incorrect Exception is given to interceptor |
| 6614558 | idl | serialization | jmx interop JDK5 - JDK6 issue when calling getMBeanInfo |
| 6746334 | java | char_encodings | SingleByteDecoder can be significantly faster |
| 6359283 | java | classes_2d | PrinterJob.pageDialog() ret. incorrect PageFormat when non-default printer used |
| 6638533 | java | classes_2d | Layout should not apply shaping to precomposed arabic presentation form glyphs. |
| 6653384 | java | classes_2d | Variable "initialized" in class CUPSPrinter is static by mistake |
| 6708580 | java | classes_2d | Java applications slow when EXA enabled |
| 6749060 | java | classes_2d | LCD AA text rendered incorrectly when destination is non opaque (sw pipeline only) |
| 6751616 | java | classes_2d | outline for underline in TextLayout with underline is off rasterized underline |
| 6751621 | java | classes_2d | TextLayout.getBounds() doesn't account for strike through |
| 6758179 | java | classes_2d | D3D: AlphaComposite is applied incorrectly for uncached opaque BufferedImage |
| 6766342 | java | classes_2d | Improve performance of Ductus rasterizer |
| 6772137 | java | classes_2d | D3D: Dragging the scroll bar of a JScrollPane containing a JTree causes incorrect red |
| 6775317 | java | classes_2d | Improve performance of non-AA transformed rectangles and single wide lines in software pipelines |
| 4811096 | java | classes_awt | Allow limited mixing of heavy and lightweight components |
| 6519005 | java | classes_awt | regression: Selection the item on the choice don't work properly in vista ultimate. |
| 6552803 | java | classes_awt | the moveToFront causes Heavyweight components to be removed. |
| 6589530 | java | classes_awt | HW/LW mixing code incorrectly handles insertion of components with the setComponentZOrder() method |
| 6637655 | java | classes_awt | Mixing of heavyweight/lightweight components does not wrk with GlassPane childre |
| 6707023 | java | classes_awt | Chinese Characters in JTextPane Cause Pane to Hang |
| 6714829 | java | classes_awt | REGRESSION: Wrong modal dialog activated after child closed, causes freeze |
| 6749517 | java | classes_awt | Request to enhance the 6u10 Security Warning appearance |
| 6750920 | java | classes_awt | Window transparency throws IAE if called before pack or setSize |
| 6765065 | java | classes_awt | Security Warning needs better icons |
| 6776839 | java | classes_awt | AWTUtilities.setWindowOpaque() causes a stack overflow on X11 |
| 6779066 | java | classes_awt | Untrusted window cannot receive input focus by clicking its taskbar button after deiconification |
| 6784816 | java | classes_awt | Remove AWT tree lock from Container methods: getComponent, getComponents, getComponentCount |
| 6786210 | java | classes_awt | Deadlock occurs when handling mouseLeave on XToolkit |
| 6774170 | java | classes_management | LocalRMIServerSocketFactory should protect against ServerSocket.accept().getInetAddress() being null |
| 6720866 | java | classes_net | Slow performance using HttpURLConnection for upload |
| 6721619 | java | classes_net | Java Web Start 1.6.0 shows intermittent https communication breakdown |
| 6763219 | java | classes_security | XMLDSig XPath Filter 2 Transform subtract filter is broken |
| 6764553 | java | classes_security | com.sun.org.apache.xml.internal.security.utils.IdResolver is not thread safe |
| 6491619 | java | classes_swing | No mouse events from titlebar in JRootPane of JFrame |
| 6510999 | java | classes_swing | Selection in a JList with both scrollbars visible jumps on arrowkey-down |
| 6581899 | java | classes_swing | JTextField & JTextArea - Poor performance with JRE 1.5.0_08 |
| 6624717 | java | classes_swing | Corrupted combo box, GTK L&F, Ubuntu 7.10 |
| 6699856 | java | classes_swing | Creating text in a JTextPane using Chinese text causes undesired behavior |
| 6726866 | java | classes_swing | Repainting artifacts when resizing or dragging JInternalFrames in non-opaque toplevel |
| 6735259 | java | classes_swing | NPE at WindowsComboBoxUI$XPComboBoxButton.getState(WindowsComboBoxUI.java:408) |
| 6742850 | java | classes_swing | Antialiasing for GTK L&F should be turned on by default if there is no embedded bitmap. |
| 6768387 | java | classes_swing | REGRESSION: JTable no longer serializable |
| 4823811 | java | classes_text | [Fmt-Da] SimpleDateFormat patterns don't allow embedding of some literal punctuation |
| 6683975 | java | classes_text | [fmt-da] Regression: Java 6 returns English DateFormatPatterns for Thai locale |
| 6743394 | java | classes_util_i18n | (tz) tzmappings must be updated for Windows |
| 6783139 | java | classes_util_i18n | (tz) Windows time zone mapping table needs to be updated for KB955839 |
| 6599383 | java | classes_util_jarzip | Unable to open zip files more than 2GB in size |
| 6541476 | java | imageio | PNG imageio plugin incorrectly handles iTXt chunk |
| 6478142 | java | install | Java Update continues even after the new posted update is pulled out |
| 6656032 | java | install | Java AutoUpdate: Refresh cached information from xml file, before showing the bubble & installation |
| 6718336 | java | install | kernel jre uninstallation interrupted with java setup - close applications dialog |
| 6747473 | java | install | REGRESSION:Installing 64bit JDK, an error message shows when begin the JRE installer |
| 6758907 | java | install | Online install is STATIC if patches are not created for 6u10 and all lesser versions |
| 6759889 | java | install | Need to create Auto Update for Java FX v1.5 |
| 6763365 | java | install | Update mentions of JavaFX in JRE install panels to reflect new JavaFX brand/logo |
| 6764967 | java | install | Java JRE 1.6u10 installer failed with error 1606 when using "/qb!" switchm |
| 6767867 | java | install | Need to combine command line and XML options for non-AU iftw execution |
| 6767961 | java | install | jxpiinstall.exe does not use the correct method for ping |
| 6779985 | java | install | JRE install when PendingFileRenameOperations is set, Error 1606 or JavaFX preload is not run |
| 6541350 | java | localization | TimeZone display names localization |
| 6645271 | java | localization | Wrong date format for Croatian (hr) locale |
| 6708417 | java | localization | On Chinese OS Applet string is appearing in English |
| 6745048 | java | localization | Unnecessary surfix "(O)" in JFileChooser open button text |
| 6757517 | java | localization | "close applications" dialog sounds funny for German |
| 6754672 | java | monitoring | java.io.IOException: The server sockets created using the LocalRMIServerSocketFactory |
| 6695609 | java | sunservicetags | wmic is called on every method call of RegistrationData.loadFromXML |
| 6750389 | java | sunservicetags | The cpuManufactorer does not correctly recognized for Solaris 10 |
| 6712190 | java_deployment | configuration | Java Web Start behaves differently on Windows Terminal Server wrt file "deployment.config" |
| 6775019 | java_deployment | configuration | Java Control Panel Plugin/Webstart JRE dialog issues in 6u12 b02 |
| 6757907 | java_deployment | download | deployJava.js should by default disable codebase lookups |
| 6759336 | java_deployment | download | uninstalling application should not remove resources in extensions. |
| 6764338 | java_deployment | download | when "Range" header is present in HTTP request, we should not cache the request |
| 6770763 | java_deployment | download | Add Install Stat (pings) for JavaFX installs |
| 6699715 | java_deployment | general | JDK6: Authentication dialogue always offers to "Save this password in password list" on Windows |
| 6750054 | java_deployment | general | Java control panel can't be launched in true 64bit JRE on 64bit OS |
| 6751232 | java_deployment | general | java kernel installer should not display UI while javafx preload |
| 6763387 | java_deployment | general | Java Control Panel's title bar and tabs are jutted out of the desktop |
| 6767447 | java_deployment | general | Java Control Panel icon issues on Windows XP 64 bit and Win2003 64bit |
| 6786318 | java_deployment | general | MemoryCache leaks memory on repetative requests for the same resource |
| 6791247 | java_deployment | general | jfx pings should be sent to sunjfxinstallstat report suite |
| 6680990 | java_deployment | jkernel | Different UI of "Unable to connect to the Internet" dialog |
| 6690159 | java_deployment | jkernel | Pressing Cancel on Additional Download causing application to close |
| 6770742 | java_plugin | doc | No default JDK version for IE7 on Win Vista after 6u10 |
| 6674383 | java_plugin | ocx | Problems running applets in the Hyper Text Appllication (HTA) from windows |
| 6643769 | java_plugin | other | Applet main windows steals focus on Popup windows which is running Applet. |
| 6784894 | java_plugin | other | Regression: applets loaded from local disk can not access co-located resources |
| 4802695 | java_plugin | plugin | Support 64-bit Java Plug-in and Java webstart on Windows/Linux on AMD64 |
| 6632182 | java_plugin | plugin | In case of IE, "About Java Technology" frame goes background when opened from system tray |
| 6749040 | java_plugin | plugin | Runtime settings are not applied in classic Plug-In with "-rc2" version string |
| 6712099 | java_plugin | plugin2 | JRE install clears out all existing Java Runtime parameters for older JRE's |
| 6723525 | java_plugin | plugin2 | DnD "Desktop Integration Warning" doesn't occur until browser window is closed/changed |
| 6740227 | java_plugin | plugin2 | DnD: file associations don't work for dragged out applets |
| 6745455 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Firefox extensions using Java don't work with new Java Plug-In |
| 6749180 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Specification of jnlp.* system properties does not cause required applet relaunch |
| 6750726 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Java Plug-In must support MIME type specification in object tag in IE |
| 6753380 | java_plugin | plugin2 | lazy package and parts does not work in jnlp applets with new plugin |
| 6753665 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Applet.stop() not called when launching dragged applet from desktop |
| 6757906 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Update LiveConnect-related documentation and tests |
| 6761033 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Use NPAPI for Mac OS X port of new Java Plug-In |
| 6761680 | java_plugin | plugin2 | NullPointerException thrown when dragging applets out of browser with virtualized X11 guest OSs |
| 6764266 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Modal dialog from JavaScript called by JSObject causes IE freeze |
| 6764345 | java_plugin | plugin2 | cannot launch dragged applets offline |
| 6764974 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Plugin2: casts a ClassNotFoundException instead of a NoClassDefFoundError |
| 6767160 | java_plugin | plugin2 | New plugin does not pick up jre installed by DT |
| 6768120 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Initialization of document base not working on Safari on Mac OS X |
| 6769610 | java_plugin | plugin2 | When running java plugin 1.6.0_10 with earlier version of JRE first line of console is wrong. |
| 6769840 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Replace orange "Java logo" animation |
| 6770420 | java_plugin | plugin2 | environment variables '_java_options' and 'java_tool_options' are disregarded |
| 6770422 | java_plugin | plugin2 | HTMLTextAreaElement non-functional in plug-in2 |
| 6771026 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Plugin2 crashes on applets in XHTML/XML files |
| 6771315 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Error in implementation of Document.createDocumentFragment, createTextNode and createComment |
| 6773313 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Mac OS X port crashes with latest WebKit nightly |
| 6783125 | java_plugin | plugin2 | Plugin2: DND shortcut launch throw exceptions if applet JNLP href has no codebase |
| 6790708 | java_plugin | plugin2 | crossdomain.xml broken in Java 6 update 12ea b02/b03 |
| 6791692 | java_plugin | plugin2 | applet under next geneneration plug-in fails with exception |
| 6672643 | javawebstart | general | Java Web Start 1.5 lost the possibility to adjust proxy settings independently from Java Plugin |
| 6744907 | javawebstart | general | Java WebStart should not create any Swing/AWT objects on warm start |
| 6766037 | javawebstart | general | Signed jar gives SecurityException: host syntax error in crossdomain.xml |
| 6772645 | javawebstart | general | dragged-out FX applet can't be relaunched even with main=false set in JNLP file |
| 6775919 | javawebstart | general | javaws -silent is broken for apps with extensions (like javafx) |
| 6696175 | javawebstart | jnlp_file | javaws not recognizing properties which contains % character |
| 6740193 | javawebstart | jnlp_file | bug in Java Webstart Caching when using large argument list on resource href. |
| 6772138 | javawebstart | jnlp_file | Can not change splash image if jnlp href is not set. |
| 6741349 | javawebstart | other | Regression: NullPointerException in com.sun.javaws.security.SigningInfo.verifyAllEntriesSign |
| 6750401 | jce | pkcs11_csp | SSL stress test with GF leads to 32 bit max process size in less than 5 minutes,with PCKS11 provider |
| 6592586 | jmx | classes | RequiredModelMBean prints a WARNING message when calling getAttributes() for a non-existing attr |
| 6696028 | jmx | classes | JMXServiceURL like service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/iiop:// should be rejected by the RMI conn provider. |
| 6697180 | jmx | classes | JMX query results in java.io.IOException: Illegal state - also a deadlock can also be seen |
| 6728126 | jsse | runtime | Parsing Extensions in Client Hello message is done in a wrong way |
| 6745052 | jsse | runtime | SSLServerSocket file descriptor leak |
| 6766775 | jsse | runtime | X509 certificate hostname checking is broken in JDK1.6.0_10 |