OpenJDK 7u271 Released

[Andrew Hughes]

We are pleased to announce the release of OpenJDK 7u271.

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* https://openjdk-sources.osci.io/openjdk7/openjdk7u271-ga.tar.xz

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New in release OpenJDK 7u271 (2020-08-19):
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* Security fixes
  - JDK-8028431, CVE-2020-14579: NullPointerException in DerValue.equals(DerValue)
  - JDK-8028591, CVE-2020-14578: NegativeArraySizeException in sun.security.util.DerInputStream.getUnalignedBitString()
  - JDK-8230613: Better ASCII conversions
  - JDK-8231800: Better listing of arrays
  - JDK-8232014: Expand DTD support
  - JDK-8233255: Better Swing Buttons
  - JDK-8234032: Improve basic calendar services
  - JDK-8234042: Better factory production of certificates
  - JDK-8234418: Better parsing with CertificateFactory
  - JDK-8234836: Improve serialization handling
  - JDK-8236191: Enhance OID processing
  - JDK-8237592, CVE-2020-14577: Enhance certificate verification
  - JDK-8238002, CVE-2020-14581: Better matrix operations
  - JDK-8238804: Enhance key handling process
  - JDK-8238842: AIOOBE in GIFImageReader.initializeStringTable
  - JDK-8238843: Enhanced font handing
  - JDK-8238920, CVE-2020-14583: Better Buffer support
  - JDK-8238925: Enhance WAV file playback
  - JDK-8240119, CVE-2020-14593: Less Affine Transformations
  - JDK-8240482: Improved WAV file playback
  - JDK-8241379: Update JCEKS support
  - JDK-8241522: Manifest improved jar headers redux
  - JDK-8242136, CVE-2020-14621: Better XML namespace handling
* Other changes
  - JDK-8040113: File not initialized in src/share/native/sun/awt/giflib/dgif_lib.c
  - JDK-8054446: Repeated offer and remove on ConcurrentLinkedQueue lead to an OutOfMemoryError
  - JDK-8077982: GIFLIB upgrade
  - JDK-8081315: 8077982 giflib upgrade breaks system giflib builds with earlier versions
  - JDK-8147087: Race when reusing PerRegionTable bitmaps may result in dropped remembered set entries
  - JDK-8151582: (ch) test java/nio/channels/AsyncCloseAndInterrupt.java failing due to "Connection succeeded"
  - JDK-8155691: Update GIFlib library to the latest up-to-date
  - JDK-8181841: A TSA server returns timestamp with precision higher than milliseconds
  - JDK-8203190: SessionId.hashCode generates too many collisions
  - JDK-8217676: Upgrade libpng to 1.6.37
  - JDK-8220495: Update GIFlib library to the 5.1.8
  - JDK-8226892: ActionListeners on JRadioButtons don't get notified when selection is changed with arrow keys
  - JDK-8229899: Make java.io.File.isInvalid() less racy
  - JDK-8230597: Update GIFlib library to the 5.2.1
  - JDK-8230769: BufImg_SetupICM add ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical call in early return
  - JDK-8243541: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020a
  - JDK-8244548: JDK 8u: sun.misc.Version.jdkUpdateVersion() returns wrong result

Thanks,
-- 
Andrew :)

Senior Free Java Software Engineer
OpenJDK Package Owner
Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com)

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