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Oracle patch to contain 78 fixes

Oracle is to release 78 fixes affecting hundreds of products in a critical patch update on Tuesday. Some of the flaws to be addressed affect... Read more

15 July, 2011

Oracle scrambles workarounds for database zero-day

...Oracle Database flaw that was not fixed in the company's April critical patch update. The flaw in the Transport Network Substrate (TNS) Listener database... Read more

1 May, 2012

Oracle pushes fix for 'Apache Killer' flaw

...for these fixes was completed, before the release of the next scheduled Critical Patch Update on October 18th 2011." All customers should deploy the patch... Read more

19 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Java SE to get 17 security fixes

...Edition security flaws, including some it rates as 'critical'. The Java SE Critical Patch Update for June will deliver 17 fixes for vulnerabilities that can... Read more

6 June, 2011

Oracle to patch 73 holes in security update

...its products, including some Oracle Sun products such as Solaris. The upcoming Critical Patch Update (CPU) — due to arrive 19 April — includes six patches for... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Ben Woods

Guess who hasn't patched the Java security hole?

...a monster security fix for Java, or 29 security fixes within a Critical Patch Update across Java SE and Java for Business products to be... Read more

25 October, 2010

Oracle patches 59 critical holes

...company said in a pre-release announcement that customers should apply its Critical Patch Update, which contains the fixes, as soon as possible. The update... Read more

13 July, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Survey: Most Oracle professionals don't patch

...said they had not applied the latest set of patches in the Critical Patch Update, which was released in October 2007. Users cited concerns over... Read more

14 January, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Oracle to patch 38 flaws

...Tuesday that will patch 38 vulnerabilities across hundreds of products. Oracle's Critical Patch Update, scheduled for 20 October, contains fixes for numerous flaws, the... Read more

19 October, 2009 by Tom Espiner

Oracle to push out 51 patches

...to push out 51 patches for flaws in its software, in a critical patch update on Tuesday. The flaws affect many Oracle products. Some of... Read more

15 October, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Oracle to issue Critical Patch Update on Tuesday

...Oracle's massive patches is due out on Tuesday. Oracle releases a Critical Patch Update only every three to six months, so they are typically... Read more

12 January, 2009

Oracle releases critical patch update

...as soon as possible," the company said. Several vulnerabilities addressed in the Critical Patch Update affect multiple products, said Oracle. Some of the vulnerabilities allow... Read more

18 July, 2007 by Tom Espiner

Microsoft, Adobe, Oracle release patches

...Acrobat and launched its new updater service. Oracle also released its own critical patch update, covering nearly 50 new vulnerability fixes across hundreds of its... Read more

14 April, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Oracle to fix maximum-severity vulnerabilities

...CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) score of 10, indicating maximum severity. "This Critical Patch Update contains 24 new security vulnerability fixes across hundreds of Oracle... Read more

11 January, 2010 by Tom Espiner

Oracle fixes 33 security bugs

...its highest possible severity rating. "Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products," Oracle said in a statement. "Due to... Read more

15 July, 2009 by Matthew Broersma

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