Getting Started

    JavaTM 2, Standard Edition, v. 1.4.2_13
    for SCO® UNIX® Operating Systems


This release of Java 2 Standard Edition contains:

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX is a full implementation of the Sun MicrosystemsTM Java 2 Platform - the technology and environment described in the SunTM specifications of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v. 1.4.2. (The _13 suffix on the version number indicates the patch level of the Sun J2SE that J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX corresponds to.)

Changes in This Release

J2SE 1.4.2_13b

J2SE 1.4.2_13 for SCO UNIX is the latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.4.2. It contains the latest fixes from Sun including DST timezone changes and security issue resolutions for the following announced issues as well as some yet to be announced issues. In addition, the CA Root Certificates file (cacerts) is now populated with the root certificates that we have recieved permission to distribute; see section "Distrubuted CA Certificates" for details
J2SE 1.4.2_13 supercedes the J2SE 1.4.2_12 release previously made available on the SCO Support web site.

Sun Alert ID        Description
102648 The JRE and Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) may verify incorrect RSA PKCS #1 v1.5 signatures if the RSA public key exponent is 3. This may allow applets or applications that are signed by forged signing certificates and websites with forged web server certificates to be verified as valid.

J2SE 1.4.2_12

J2SE 1.4.2_12 for SCO UNIX is the latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.4.2. It contains the latest fixes from Sun including timezone changes as well as bug fixes and enhancements for SCO Unix platforms. It supercedes the J2SE 1.4.2_11 release previously made available on the SCO Support web site.

J2SE 1.4.2_11

J2SE 1.4.2_11 for SCO UNIX, the previous SCO released update to J2SE 1.4.2, contained the latest fixes from Sun including corrections for a yet to be announced security issue as well as bug fixes and enhancements for SCO Unix platforms. It superceded the J2SE 1.4.2_10 release previously made available on the SCO Support web site and released with OpenServer 6.0.0 FCS or MP2.

J2SE 1.4.2_10

J2SE 1.4.2_10 for SCO UNIX, the previous SCO released update to J2SE 1.4.2, contained the then latest fixes from Sun including corrections for the following security issues as well as bug fixes and enhancements for SCO Unix platforms. It superceded the J2SE 1.4.2_08 release previously made available on the SCO Support web site, released with OpenServer 5.0.7 MP4 or Openserver 6.0.0 FCS or MP1.

Sun Alert ID        Description
102003 Three (3) security vulnerabilities with the use of "reflection" APIs in the Java Runtime Environment may (independently) allow an untrusted applet to elevate its priveleges. For example, an applet may grant itself permissions to read and write local files or execute local applications that are accessible to the user running the untrusted applet.

J2SE 1.4.2_08

J2SE 1.4.2_08 for SCO UNIX, the previous SCO released update to J2SE 1.4.2, contained the then latest fixes from Sun including corrections for the following security issues. It superceded the J2SE 1.4.2_06 release previously made available on the SCO Support web site.

Sun Alert ID        Description
101749 A vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment may allow an untrusted applet to elevate its priveleges. For example, an applet may grant itself permissions to read and write local files or execute local applications that are accessible to the user running the untrusted applet.

J2SE 1.4.2_06

J2SE 1.4.2_06 for SCO UNIX was the previous SCO released update to J2SE 1.4.2. It superceded the J2SE 1.4.2_04 release previously on this web site. It contains Java 1.4 2 plug-in support for SCO UNIX Mozilla browsers and the latest set of fixes from Sun including the following security fixes.

Sun Alert ID        Description
101523 (57591) A vulnerability in the Java Plug-in may allow an untrusted applet to escalate priveleges through JavaScript to Java communication.
57708 A vulnerability in the Java Plug-in may allow an untrusted applet to inappropriately interfere with another applet in the same web-page including causing it to incorrectly load non-code resources such as files and web pages.
57707 A vulnerability in the Java(TM) Runtime Environment with object deserialization may allow a remote attacker to cause the Java Virtual Machine to become unresponsive, resulting in a denial-of-service condition for the runtime environment and servers that run on the runtime environment.
57613 The XLST processor included with the Java(TM) Runtime Environment may allow an untrusted applet to read data from another applet that is processed using the XSLT processor and may allow the untrusted applet to escalate privileges.

J2SE 1.4.2_04

J2SE 1.4.2_04 for SCO UNIX, available at this download site, is the latest and cumulative update to J2SE 1.4.2. It contains the latest set of fixes from Sun. It supercedes the J2SE 1.4.2_03 release in UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 MP3.

Sun Alert ID        Description
57555 Java Runtime Environment Remote Denial of Service (DoS) Vulnerability

J2SE 1.4.2_03

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX is a major new release compared to the previous J2SE 1.3.1 for SCO UNIX. J2SE 1.4.2_03 for SCO UNIX, the initial J2SE 1.4.2 release on SCO UNIX platforms, was part of the UnixWare 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 MP3 releases.

System Requirements and Supported Platforms

Supported SCO UNIX platforms:

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX is not supported on older versions of the supported operating systems, such as SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.6 or UnixWare 7 Release 7.1.1, nor is it available for older operating systems, such as the SCO UnixWare 2 operating system.

J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX cannot be used with the older OSRcompat packages that were released together with older versions of UnixWare 7 and OpenServer.

For the most part the J2SE 1.4.2 is identical for all supported platforms, and everything in these release notes applies to all supported platforms unless otherwise noted.

[*] Package urwfonts is available as part of the UnixWare 7.1.3 and 7.1.4 and OpenServer 5.0.7 media kits and is automatically installed as part of Initial System Load if Java is installed. It is also available in the UnixWare 7.1.3 Update Pack 4 media or in the UnixWare and OpenServer Development Kit 7.1.3 or 7.1.4 and is downloadable from this web page.

[**] The required runtime on OpenServer 5.0.7 are the libraries contained in the package set OSRcompat version 8.0.2 provided in the SCO OpenServer Release 5.0.7 Maintenance Pack 3 as the "UDK Compatibility Libraries".

Package Name
Required Software
Approx. Size
Contains
    urwfonts
     3 MB (URW)++ Free X11 Fonts
    j2jre142
 urwfonts

 runtime
  (above)
  52 MB Runtime Support:
java, the Java virtual machine interpreter (JVM); the "client" and "server" dynamic compilers; Java Foundation Classes (JFC) & Swing Package; and basic API libraries: language support, I/O, AWT, networking, utilities, images, media, math, compression, and security.

Distributed applications and database access:
Remote Method Invocation (RMI); JavaBeansTM (component object model); JDBCTM (database access); Internationalization tools; Security tools; Java IDL tools.

    j2sdk142
 j2jre142   24 MB Development Tools:
appletviewer, the Java Applet Viewer; javac, the Java Compiler; jdb, the command-line Java debugger; javah, the C Header and Stub File Generator for native methods; javap, the Java Class File Disassembler; javadoc, the JAVA API Documentation Generator; jar, the Java Archive (JAR) tool; and assorted other commands used in Java development; class libraries used in Java development; header files used in native code development. Also Java demo applets and applications; demos of Swing functionality; Java Plug-in demos; native method demos.
    j2plg142
 j2jre142   2.3 MB Java 2 Plug-in for Mozilla browser, 1.2.1 through 1.7.x on UnixWare 7.1.4, OpenServer 5.0.7 and OpenServer 6.0.0.

Note: Where one J2SE 1.4.2.1 package requires another J2SE 1.4.2.1 package, the version numbers of the packages must be the same. The Java 2 SDK package, version 1.4.2.1.12 requires the Java 2 Runtime, version 1.4.2.12.

Download and Installation

The J2SE 1.4.2 product is distributed as two separate installable Java packages plus a urwfonts package, if needed.

Installation with the UnixWare package tools on UnixWare, Open UNIX or OpenServer

  1. Print or save a copy of this "Getting Started" page for later reference.

  2. Download a copy of the current J2SE 1.4.2_12 Release Notes (ReleaseNotes.html)and save, also for later reference.

  3. Select and download the packages you wish to install. Note that the packages are available in two formats:

  4. For OpenServer 6.0.0: custom format package
    File Custom Package Custom Version UW Package UW Pkg. Version
      OSR6_Java2_142.VOLS.tar j2se142 1.4.2Mb   j2jre142   1.4.2.13b
      urwfonts   2.0
      j2sdk142   1.4.2.13b
      j2plg142   1.4.2.13b
      javaxcomm   2.0
      javasoap   1.2
  5. Download an install any prerequisite packages, runtime, maintenance packs, maintenance supplements, support level supplements as required in the System Requirements and Supported Platforms of this document.

  6. As root, installed the J2SE packages that you have downloaded.

    Change directory into the directory containing the downloaded package datastreams

    cd  <download-dir>

    On UnixWare 7.1.4:

    Install the J2SE 1.4.2 packages in the following order.
    If the package datastreams have been downloaded in compressed format:
    zcat   urwfonts.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -
    zcat   j2jre142.ds.Z   |   pkgadd -d -

    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2sdk142.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2plg142.ds
    If the package datastreams have been uncompressed when downloaded with your browser:
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/urwfonts.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2jre142.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2sdk142.ds
    pkgadd   -d  `pwd`/j2plg142.ds

    On OpenServer 5.0.7, having downloaded the custom format files:

    Make a subdirectory for each custom tar file that you downloaded.
    mkdir JRE SDK PLUGIN
    Unwind each tar file into the corresponding subdirectory.
    cd JRE; tar -xf ../OSR5_Java2_JRE_142.VOLS.tar
    cd ../SDK; tar -xf ../OSR5_Java2_SDK_142.VOLS.tar
    cd ../PLUGIN; tar -xf ../OSR5_Java2_PLUGIN_142.VOLS.tar
    Software should be installed in the following order:
    • Java 2 Runtime Environment
    • Java 2 Software Development Kit
    • Java 2 Plug-in

    Run the Software Manager with the command:
    scoadmin software
                or
    custom
    or double-click on the Software Manager icon in the desktop.

    1. Pull down the "Software" menu and select "Install New".
    2. When prompted for the host from which to install, choose the local machine and then "Continue".
    3. In the "Select Media" menu, pull down the "Media Device" menu. Select "Media Images", then choose "Continue".
    4. When prompted for the "Image Directory", enter the directory where you unwound the tar file of the package to be installed and choose "OK".
    5. When prompted to select the software to install, the single software package in the directory will by highlighted. Choose "Install".
    6. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each remaining software download file to be installed.

    On OpenServer 6.0.0, having downloaded the single custom format file:

    Make a subdirectory and unwind the tar file into that subdirectory.
    mkdir JAVA142
    cd JAVA142; tar -xf ../OSR6_Java2_142.VOLS.tar
    Run the Software Manager with the command:
    scoadmin software
                or
    custom
    or double-click on the Software Manager icon in the desktop.

    1. Pull down the "Software" menu and select "Install New".
    2. When prompted for the host from which to install, choose the local machine and then "Continue".
    3. In the "Select Media" menu, pull down the "Media Device" menu. Select "Media Images", then choose "Continue".
    4. When prompted for the "Image Directory", enter the directory where you unwound the tar file of the package to be installed and choose "OK".
    5. When prompted to select the software to install, the single software package in the directory will by highlighted. You can deselect any of the optional packages that you do not wish to install at this time. Click on "Install".

Important Notes

Documentation

Essential information about this product is contained in the Java 2 Standard Edition,v. 1.4.2_13, for SCO UNIX Operating Systems Release Notes which are distributed with the j2jre142 package and installed in /usr/java2. A copy of the Release Notes is available on this download page.

Be sure to read these notes thoroughly before attempting to use the J2SE 1.4.2. We recommend that you print out or bookmark these notes for later reference.

Licensing

The J2SE 1.4.2 for SCO UNIX is licensed under the same terms as the host SCO operating system upon which it is installed.


Document version 405-000-044-m
08 Nov 2006
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