Oracle Releases Security Patch
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Quarterly updated provides 26 fixes across its product line, including nine that are remotely exploitable.
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Microsoft Corp.  released on Tuesday a patch for its latest "critical" rated security flaw affecting its Windows, Office and developer tools software programs.
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After coming under criticism for sitting on patches for multiple holes in its database software, Oracle has announced that it will move to a monthly patch release schedule, though it hasn't said when.
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Mounting problem forces software giant to release VML patch ahead of its monthly security update.
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Oracle Corp. is warning customers to apply software patches it released in August, citing the availability of malicious code that can exploit unpatched vulnerabilities in its software.
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Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) has released a critical patch update -- the first to come out since the company decided to release fixes on a quarterly basis -- that remediates several products across its business line, including databases, application servers, and its e-business software suite.
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Microsoft Corp. released four critical patches Tuesday to plug security holes in several versions of its Windows operating system, Internet Explorer Web browser and other programs.
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Oracle plans to fix dozens of flaws in its software products next Tuesday, including critical bugs in the company&#39;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&#39;s Web site Thursday afternoon.Oracle releases security patches every three months, a process known as the Critical Patch Update (CPU). January&#39;s bug-fix total is low by Oracle&#39;s standards. In October, the company&#160;patched 51 vulnerabilities.As usual, the company&#39;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&#39;s advanced queuing, core RDBMS (relational database management system), Oracle Agent, Oracle Spatial, and XML (Extensible Markup Language) database software.None of the database vulnerabilities can be exploited over a network without the attacker first obtaining a username and password for the database.Oracle&#39;s next most-patched product will be the E-Business Suite, which will receive seven updates, three of which are for bugs that can be remotely exploited by attackers who do not have usernames or passwords for the system.The Oracle Application Server will get six bug-fixes, addressing flaws in components such as the product&#39;s BPEL (Business Process Execution Language), Worklist Application, Oracle Forms, and Oracle Internet Directory software.Finally, Oracle is planning four updates for its PeopleSoft and JD Edwards products, as well as one fix each for Oracle Enterprise Manager and the Oracle Collaboration Suite.
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A software patch to protect your system is available from Microsoft.
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Acknowledging that its patching process has "not been an example of our best work," Microsoft this week issued a second update to security bulletin MS06-042, which was released in August. The original patch included a security vulnerability - and it turns out the fix introduced even more.
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Oracle Corp is following rival Microsoft Corp in making its security patching schedule more predictable for customers. Unlike Microsoft, which faces more scrutiny from security researchers and patches every month, Oracle will patch quarterly.
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Service Pack 1 fixes security flaws, updates individual applications.
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The US government&#39;s Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) and software security companies have issued warnings about a number of security vulnerabilities in versions of Oracle Corp.
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The patches released Tuesday mend four software holes in Microsoft Corp Windows operating system, including one flaw that can affect machines equipped with a massive security upgrade the company released five months ago.-The Washington Post
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InfoWorld - Microsoft plans to release 13 sets of security patches next Tuesday fixing critical vulnerabilities in a number of its products, including the company&#39;s new security software.
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Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment.
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Weeks after coming under criticism for sitting on patches for multiple holes in its database software, Oracle Corp. has announced that it is moving to a monthly patch release schedule.