IBM BigFix Patch: Content Release: Updates for Windows Applications published 2018-01-23

Release Announcements Patch (Release Announcements)
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Content in the Updates for Windows Applications site has been modified.

New Fixlets:

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available - CPU - CORRUPT PATCH (ID: 7051381)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available (JRE < 8 Installed) - CPU (ID: 7051383)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available (JRE 8 Installed) - CPU (ID: 7051385)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available (x64) (JRE 8 Installed) - CPU (ID: 7056655)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 (32-bit) Available (JRE 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) - CPU (ID: 7056657)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 (32-bit) Available (JRE < 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) - CPU (ID: 7056659)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 (32-bit) Available (x64) - CPU - CORRUPT PATCH (ID: 7056661)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available (x64) - CPU - CORRUPT PATCH (ID: 7056663)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 161 Available (x64) (JRE < 8 Installed) - CPU (ID: 7056665)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available - CORRUPT PATCH (ID: 7051387)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available (JRE < 8 Installed) (ID: 7051389)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available (JRE 8 Installed) (ID: 7051391)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available (x64) (JRE 8 Installed) (ID: 7056667)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 (32-bit) Available (JRE 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) (ID: 7056669)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 (32-bit) Available (JRE < 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) (ID: 7056671)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 (32-bit) Available (x64) - CORRUPT PATCH (ID: 7056673)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available (x64) - CORRUPT PATCH (ID: 7056675)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 162 Available (x64) (JRE < 8 Installed) (ID: 7056677)

Fully Superseded Fixlets:

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 Available - CPU - CORRUPT PATCH (Superseded) (ID: 7051375)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 Available (JRE < 8 Installed) - CPU (Superseded) (ID: 7051377)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 Available (JRE 8 Installed) - CPU (Superseded) (ID: 7051379)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 Available (x64) (JRE 8 Installed) - CPU (Superseded) (ID: 7056643)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 (32-bit) Available (JRE 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) - CPU (Superseded) (ID: 7056645)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 (32-bit) Available (JRE < 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) - CPU (Superseded) (ID: 7056647)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 (32-bit) Available (x64) - CPU - CORRUPT PATCH (Superseded) (ID: 7056649)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 Available (x64) - CPU - CORRUPT PATCH (Superseded) (ID: 7056651)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 151 Available (x64) (JRE < 8 Installed) - CPU (Superseded) (ID: 7056653)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 Available - CORRUPT PATCH (Superseded) (ID: 7051369)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 Available (JRE < 8 Installed) (Superseded) (ID: 7051371)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 Available (JRE 8 Installed) (Superseded) (ID: 7051373)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 Available (x64) (JRE 8 Installed) (Superseded) (ID: 7056631)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 (32-bit) Available (JRE 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) (Superseded) (ID: 7056633)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 (32-bit) Available (JRE < 8 32-bit version Installed) (x64) (Superseded) (ID: 7056635)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 (32-bit) Available (x64) - CORRUPT PATCH (Superseded) (ID: 7056637)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 Available (x64) - CORRUPT PATCH (Superseded) (ID: 7056639)

  • Java Runtime Environment 8 update 152 Available (x64) (JRE < 8 Installed) (Superseded) (ID: 7056641)

Published Site Version:

  • Updates for Windows Applications, version 1102.

Reasons for Update:

  • Oracle has released new versions of the Java SE Runtime Environment (8u161 & 8u162).

Actions to Take:

  • Gathering of the site will automatically show the updates made.

Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix

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hey there - any chance you can explain something on these java patches? I’m trying to figure out how they’ve changed them and best practices going forward.

1: so they release two versions of the update at the same time. from what I can tell, 161 is the release for security updates, and 162 is security updates, plus some new features … is that accurate? which should be deployed to a general production use case - 161?

2: does that mean that 171 will contain the new features from 162 if we aren’t pushing the ‘#2’ version of the update?

3: why do the tasks/fixlets now have ‘CPU’ included at the end of the task name? or it seems the 151, 161 etc updates have it, but the 152 and 162 etc… do not?

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Hi,
Maybe this explanation from Oracle will help in understanding the difference between the 2 releases.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/cpu-psu-explained-2331472.html

The security updates, 161, are referred as Critical Patch Updates (CPU) and we had got request from users to help identify the security updates easily when 2 versions of JRE are released, so we have been adding ‘CPU’ in fixlet names for the security update version.

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thanks, that’s helpful!