Sun has released a minor update to Java 1.4.2. Included in this story is the complete list
of changes in the Java Development Kit version 1.4.2.15 since release 1.4.2.14.

BugId Category Subcategory Description
6233005 hotspot compiler2 Random javac failures on server VM
6487381 hotspot compiler2 Additional path for 5.0 jvm crash on exhaustion of CodeBuffer
4925292 hotspot compiler2 Running codecache out of space can cause vm abort.
6258466 hotspot compiler2 CTW failure in optimize_inlining()
6495056 hotspot garbage_collector Badly formed debug statement in ReferenceProcessor::delete_null_referents_from_lists
6494543 hotspot garbage_collector Some GC info are not redirected to -Xloggc file
6528763 hotspot runtime_system VM crashes because of something related to LoaderConstraintEntry in 6.0
6367357 hotspot runtime_system Message on UnsatisfiedLinkError is not displayed correctly in Japanese locale
6376296 java classes_2d Java2D: Aakar and Rekha fonts crash JDK.
6300533 java classes_awt RI crashes on Windows when executing tests.api.java.awt.Toolkit.CursorTests
6519337 java classes_net Regression: getResourceAsStream cannot access a resource inside a jar file that has spaces in path
6545415 java classes_net regression of 5017051
6545388 java classes_net Resources with percent encoded characters no longer load with 1.4.2_13
6314370 java classes_net Nightly: Jaws hang on “Starting application…” window
6415062 java classes_net 30 MB memory trashed to get 30 kb string url encoded
6495567 java classes_sound CR 4964288 (sound, Unexpected IAE raised while getting TargetData) is not fixed in windows-amd64 JDK
6498661 java classes_sound api/javax_sound/sampled/TargetDataLine/index.html#TargetDataLine fails
6511568 java classes_swing JFileChooser throws OOM in 1.4.2, 5.0u4 and 1.6.0
6396844 java classes_swing JFileChooser seems to cause OutOfMemory in 1.4.2, 5.0u4 and mustang-b75
6554586 java classes_util_i18n (tz) Support tzdata2007f
4879507 java classes_util_jarzip ZipInputStream does not check CRC for stored (uncompressed) files
6467152 java classes_util_logging deadlock occurs in LogManager initialization and JVM termination
4994705 java classes_util_logging deadlock in LogManager
6452074 java serviceability HeapDumpOnOutOfMemoryError option doesn”t work with through-put collector in 1.4.2
6494472 java serviceability jmap -permstat fails with Out of swap because uses too much memory
6395737 java_plugin iexplorer IE hangs when a modal dialog is active with concurrent window re-focus activities
6189161 java_plugin ocx Print Dialogue should be modal in 1.4.2/5.0
6502030 java_plugin other ControlPanelApplet can be access from client application
6502568 java_plugin other request header has garbage characters when size of cookie is greater than 4k
6546402 java_plugin plugin 1.4.2_15 MIME type in Java Plug-in 1.4.2_15-ea-b01 is missing
5053708 jndi dns DNS provider does not cleanup resources properly