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  1. JDK
  2. JDK-6630222

1.4+ jdk gets updated with a misconfigured tzdata.conf (tzupdater v 1.3.1b01)

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Not an Issue
    • P4
    • 1.3.1
    • 5.0
    • tools
    • None
    • sparc
    • solaris_9

    Description

      Create an invalid tzdata.conf, such as wrong TzdataVersion

      bash-2.05# $JAVA_HOME/bin/jar xvf tzupdater.jar data/tzdata.conf
       inflated: data/tzdata.conf
      bash-2.05#
      bash-2.05# cat data/tzdata.conf
      Sun Microsystems Inc\. 1\.4(\.[012](_\d\d[a-z]?)?)?|1\.5(\.0(_0[0-3][a-z]?)?)? tzdata2007i /data/tzdata2007i.oldformat
      Sun Microsystems Inc\. .+ tzdata2007i /data/tzdata2007i

      The only values which were changed are:
      tzdata2007e from tzdata2007i and /data/tzdata2007e from /data/tzdata2007i.

      bash-2.05# cat data/tzdata.conf
      Sun Microsystems Inc\. 1\.4(\.[012](_\d\d[a-z]?)?)?|1\.5(\.0(_0[0-3][a-z]?)?)? tzdata2007e /data/tzdata2007i.oldformat
      Sun Microsystems Inc\. .+ tzdata2007e /data/tzdata2007e
      bash-2.05#

      bash-2.05# $JAVA_HOME/bin/jar uvf tzupdater.jar data/tzdata.conf
      adding: data/tzdata.conf(in = 175) (out= 108)(deflated 38%)

      bash-2.05# $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar tzupdater.jar -V
      tzupdater version 1.3.1-b01
      JRE time zone data version: tzdata2003d
      Embedded time zone data version: tzdata2007e
      bash-2.05#
      bash-2.05#
      bash-2.05# $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar tzupdater.jar -u -v
      java.home: /usr/jdk/instances/jdk1.5.0/jre
      java.vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc.
      java.version: 1.5.0_03
      JRE time zone data version: tzdata2003d
      Embedded time zone data version: tzdata2007e
      Extracting files... done.
      Renaming directories... done.
      Validating the new time zone data... Extracting files... Creating: /usr/jdk/instances/jdk1.5.0/jre/lib/tz.tmp/: /pkg_resolve.sh
      done.
      Updating package SUNWj5rt with timezone base directory /usr/jdk/instances/jdk1.5.0/jre/lib/zi
      (update time is variable, but can take several minutes)
      Removing previous package entries...
      Installing new package entries...
      Completed resolving Solaris package information.
      done.
      Time zone data update is complete.
      bash-2.05#
      bash-2.05#
      bash-2.05# $JAVA_HOME/bin/java -jar tzupdater.jar -V
      tzupdater version 1.3.1-b01
      JRE time zone data version: tzdata2007i
      Embedded time zone data version: tzdata2007e
      bash-2.05#


      When -u -v or -f -v option is used the jdk is updated with the misconfigured tzdata.conf. A TzupdaterException should have been thrown.

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            okutsu Masayoshi Okutsu
            amoote Abdulkadir Moote (Inactive)
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