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JDK 8u91 Release Notes

Java™ SE Development Kit 8, Update 91 (JDK 8u91)

The full version string for this update release is 1.8.0_91-b15 (where "b" means "build") for the Microsoft Windows JRE and JDK and 1.8.0_91-b14 for all other platforms and for the Microsoft Windows Server JRE. The version number is 8u91.

This update release contains several enhancements and changes including the following.

IANA Data 2016a

JDK 8u91 contains IANA time zone data version 2016a. For more information, refer to Timezone Data Versions in the JRE Software.

Security Baselines

The security baselines for the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) at the time of the release of JDK 8u91 are specified in the following table:

JRE Family Version JRE Security Baseline (Full Version String)
8 1.8.0_91
7 1.7.0_101
6 1.6.0_115

JRE Expiration Date

The JRE expires whenever a new release with security vulnerability fixes becomes available. Critical patch updates, which contain security vulnerability fixes, are announced one year in advance on Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Third Party Bulletin. This JRE (version 8u91) will expire with the release of the next critical patch update scheduled for July 19, 2016.

For systems unable to reach the Oracle Servers, a secondary mechanism expires this JRE (version 8u91) on August 19, 2016. After either condition is met (new release becoming available or expiration date reached), the JRE will provide additional warnings and reminders to users to update to the newer version. For more information, see JRE Expiration Date.

Notes

Removal of Static JREs

Java installers for Windows that were released prior to version 8u91 did not remove statically installed JREs by default. In order to remove JREs that were installed statically, users had to manually select those JREs in the Java installer's user interface. Now in Java releases 8u91 and above, JREs that were installed statically will automatically be removed, if they are below the security baseline. For more information on static install, please see Java Runtime Environment Configuration.

 

Bug Fixes

This release contains fixes for security vulnerabilities. For more information, see Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory.

The following are some of the notable bug fixes included in this release:

DSA signature generation is now subject to a key strength check

For signature generation, if the security strength of the digest algorithm is weaker than the security strength of the key used to sign the signature (e.g. using (2048, 256)-bit DSA keys with SHA1withDSA signature), the operation will fail with the error message:

"The security strength of SHA1 digest algorithm is not sufficient for this key size."

JDK-8138593 (not public)

Firefox 42 liveconnect problem

Because it might cause the browser to hang, we don't process JavaScript-to-Java calls when the Java plugin is launched from plugin-container.exe (the default behavior for Firefox 42) and the applet status is not Ready(2). If the applet is not ready (the status is not 2), we don't execute the actual Java method and only return null.

If the plugin is launched from plugin-container.exe, do not use JavaScript-To-Java calls that may require more than 11 seconds(the default value of dom.ipc.plugins.hangUITimeoutSecs) to be completed or show a modal dialog during JavaScript-To-Java call. In this case, the main browser thread must be blocked, which might cause the browser to hang and the plugin to terminate.

Workaround (for Firefox 42):

User’s can set dom.ipc.plugins.enabled=false. The side effect of this workaround is that it changes the setting for all plugins.

JDK-8144079 (not public)

New attribute for JMX RMI JRMP servers specifies a list of class names to use when deserializing server credentials

A new java attribute has been defined for the environment to allow a JMX RMI JRMP server to specify a list of class names. These names correspond to the closure of class names that are expected by the server when deserializing credentials. For instance, if the expected credentials were a List<string>, then the closure would constitute all the concrete classes that should be expected in the serial form of a list of Strings.

By default, this attribute is used only by the default agent with the following:


 {   
   "[Ljava.lang.String;",   
   "java.lang.String" 
 } 

Only arrays of Strings and Strings will be accepted when deserializing the credentials.

The attribute name is:


"jmx.remote.rmi.server.credential.types"

The following is an example of a user starting a server with the specified credentials class names:


Map<String, Object> env = new HashMap<>(1);
 env.put ( 
 "jmx.remote.rmi.server.credential.types",
   new String[]{
   String[].class.getName(),
   String.class.getName()
   }
   );
   JMXConnectorServer server
   = JMXConnectorServerFactory.newJMXConnectorServer(url, env, mbeanServer);

The new feature should be used by directly specifying:


"jmx.remote.rmi.server.credential.types"

JDK-8144430 (not public)

New certificates added to root CAs

Eight new root certificates have been added :

  1. QuoVadis Root CA 1 G3
  2. alias: quovadisrootca1g3
  3. DN: CN=QuoVadis Root CA 1 G3, O=QuoVadis Limited, C=BM

  1. QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3
  2. alias: quovadisrootca2g3
  3. DN: CN=QuoVadis Root CA 2 G3

  1. QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3
  2. alias: quovadisrootca3g3
  3. DN: CN=QuoVadis Root CA 3 G3, O=QuoVadis Limited, C=BM

  1. DigiCert Assured ID Root G2
  2. alias: digicertassuredidg2
  3. DN: CN=DigiCert Assured ID Root G2, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

  1. DigiCert Assured ID Root G3
  2. alias: digicertassuredidg3
  3. DN: CN=DigiCert Assured ID Root G3, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

  1. DigiCert Global Root G2
  2. alias: digicertglobalrootg2
  3. DN: CN=DigiCert Global Root G2, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

  1. DigiCert Global Root G3
  2. alias: digicertglobalrootg3
  3. DN: CN=DigiCert Global Root G3, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

  1. DigiCert Trusted Root G4
  2. alias: digicerttrustedrootg4
  3. DN: CN=DigiCert Trusted Root G4, OU=www.digicert.com, O=DigiCert Inc, C=US

See JDK-8145954 and JDK-8145955

 

Bug Fix List

BugId Component Subcomponent Summary
JDK-8148446 core-libs java.util:i18n
(tz) Support tzdata2016a
JDK-8144963 deploy   Javaws checks jar files twice if JVM needs to be restarted.
JDK-8145954 security-libs java.security Add new DigiCert roots.
JDK-8145955 security-libs java.security Add new QuoVadis roots.