Content in Patches for Mac OS X site has been modified.
New/Updated Fixlet:
UPDATE Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available (ID: 74131156)
UPDATE Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available (ID: 74131157)
Published site version:
Patches for Mac OS X, version 419.
Reasons for Update:
Oracle released a newer version of Java
Actions to Take:
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Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix
Any news on this content for Windows?
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-2133155.html
No news on the Windows version(s) of this content yet?
As far as I know, 8u162 is still GA, so shouldn’t be restricted by licensing terms. Please do let us know if this is not the case.
Similarly, will IBM be providing content for Java 9?
Currently we do not support Java 9 in Mac
JRE 8 update 161 & 162 appear published for Windows Machines:
ID 7056669
Site Updates for Windows Applications
Category Security Update
CVE ID CVE-2018-2638; CVE-2018-2639; CVE-2018-2633; CVE-2018-2627; CVE-2018-2637; CVE-2018-2634; CVE-2018-2582; CVE-2018-2641; CVE-2018-2618; CVE-2018-2629; CVE-2018-2603; CVE-2018-2657; CVE-2018-2599; CVE-2018-2581; CVE-2018-2602; CVE-2018-2677; CVE-2018-2678; CVE-2018-2588; CVE-2018-2663; CVE-2018-2675; CVE-2018-2579
SANS ID Unspecified
Download Size 61.36 MB
Source Oracle
Source ID Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2018
Source Severity Critical
Source Release Date 1/16/2018
Yep, was released this morning.