Oracle Addresses Host of Flaws in its Own ‘Patch Tuesday’
Oracle Addresses Host of Flaws in its Own ‘Patch Tuesday’
October 15, 2007: Tuesday will see Oracle release a mammoth update to a range of its products, with 51 security vulnerabilities being addressed in software such as its Application Server, PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools and its flagship database.
Oracle patches come around quarterly, with the last being rolled out in July to address 45 different vulnerabilities. This time around Oracle’s database will have 27 bugs squashed, followed by Application Server with 11 and E-Business Suite with eight.
Enterprise Manager, People Soft Enterprise and JD Edwards EnterpriseOne have two to three each, bringing Oracle’s total vulnerabilities patched this year to 183.
The company also announced that it has implemented version 2 of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System and its 1 to 10 rating system. On the scale, this round of patches scores a maximum severity of 6.8.
None of the vulnerabilities being patched affect client-side only applications.
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