Oracle plans to fix dozens of flaws in its software products next Tuesday, including critical bugs in the company’s database, e-business suite and application server. In its first security update of 2008, Oracle will ship 27 security fixes, some of which will affect several products.
Oracle outlined some details of the upcoming patches in a pre-release announcement posted to the company’s Web site Thursday afternoon. Oracle releases security patches every three months, a process known as the Critical Patch Update (CPU). January’s bug-fix total is low by Oracle’s standards. In October, the company patched 51 vulnerabilities. As usual, the company’s database will be a major focus of the CPU. Oracle plans to ship eight security fixes for the Oracle Database, addressing bugs in the software’s advanced queuing, core RDBMS (relational database management system), Oracle Agent, Oracle Spatial and XML (Extensible Markup Language) database software. Oracle to Ship Critical Security Patches Next Week - Security Feed - News - CSO Magazine
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