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January 2011 Critical Patch Update Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again. Oracle released the January 2011 Critical Patch Update (CPUJan2011) today. With this Critical Patch Update (CPU), Oracle's primary security vulnerability remediation...

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Security Alert For CVE-2010-4476 Released

Hello, this is Eric Maurice again.Oracle just released a Security Alert with a fix for the vulnerability CVE-2010-4476, which affects Oracle Java SE and Oracle Java For Business. This vulnerability is...

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February 2011 Java SE and Java for Business Critical Patch Update Released

Hello, this is Eric Maurice again.Oracle released the February 2011 Critical Patch Update for Java SE and Java for Business today. As discussed in a previous blog entry, Oracle currently maintains a...

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Take Advantage of Oracle's Ongoing Assurance Effort!

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again!A few years ago, I posted a blog entry, which discussed the psychology of patching. The point of this blog entry was that a natural tendency existed for systems and...

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Understanding the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again!A few years back, I wrote a series of blog entries discussing Oracle's application of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS). However, shortly after the...

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April 2011 Critical Patch Update Released

Hello, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle released the April 2011 Critical Patch Update (CPUApr2011) today. As a reminder, note that security fixes for Java SE and Java for Business continue to be released on...

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June 2011 Java SE Critical Patch Update Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released the June 2011 Critical Patch Update for Java SE. Today’s Java Critical Patch Update provides fixes for 17 new security vulnerabilities.  Out of these 17...

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July 2011 Critical Patch Update Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released the July 2011 Critical Patch Update.  This Critical Patch Update provides fixes for 78 new security vulnerabilities in a wide range of product families...

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Security Alert for CVE-2011-3192 Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released a Security Alert for CVE-2011-3192, also known as “Apache Killer.”  This vulnerability was recently discovered in the Apache HTTP Server and publicly...

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October 2011 Critical Patch Updates Released

Hello, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released the October 2011 Critical Patch Update and the Critical Patch Update for Java SE.  As explained in previous blogs, because of commitments made before...

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Keeping Up With Newer Releases is Good Security Practice

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again.On October 18th 2011, Oracle released the October 2011 Critical Patch Update.  As usual, this Critical Patch Update included a number of fixes across a wide range of...

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January 2012 Critical Patch Update Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again.Oracle just released the January 2012 Critical Patch Update.  This Critical Patch Update provides fixes for 78 new security vulnerabilities affecting a wide range of...

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Learning More About Oracle Database Systems Change Number (“SCN”)

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again.On January 17th 2012, Oracle released the January 2012 Critical Patch Update. This Critical Patch Update provided two new fixes for the Oracle Database. As usual, Oracle...

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Security Alert for CVE-2011-5035 Released

Hello, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released a Security Alert for CVE-2011-5035.  In recent weeks, it was widely reported in the security community that a number of programming language...

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February 2012 Critical Patch Update for Java SE Released

Hello, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released the February 2012 Critical Patch Update for Java SE. This Critical patch Update provides fixes for 14 new security vulnerabilities affecting the Java...

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Security Alert for CVE-2011-5035 Updated

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again.  Oracle has just updated the Security Alert for CVE-2011-5035 to announce the availability of additional fixes for products that were affected by this vulnerability...

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April 2012 Critical Patch Update Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle has just released the April 2012 Critical Patch Update. This Critical Patch Update provides 88 new security fixes across the following product families: Oracle Database...

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Security Alert for CVE-2012-1675 Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released Security Alert CVE-2012-1675 to address the “TNS Listener Poison Attack” in the Oracle Database.  With a CVSS Base Score of 7.5, this vulnerability is...

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June 2012 Critical Patch Update for Java SE Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice.Oracle just released the June 2012 Critical Patch Update for Java SE.  This Critical Patch Update provides 14 new security fixes across Java SE products.  As discussed in...

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July 2012 Critical Patch Update Released

Hi, this is Eric Maurice again.Oracle has just released the July 2012 Critical Patch Update.  This Critical Patch Update delivers a total of 87 new fixes across a number of product families including:...

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