Get Ready to update your Java program as Oracle has released its massive patch package for multiple security vulnerabilities in its software. The United States software maker Oracle releases its security updates every three months on Tuesday, which it referred to as Critical Patch Updates (CPU). Yesterday, Oracle released its first quarterly CPU-date of this year, issuing a total of 169 security fixes for hundreds of its products including Java, Fusion Middleware, Enterprise Manager and MySQL. The security update for Oracle’s popular browser plug-in Java addresses vulnerabilities in the software, 14 of which could be remotely exploitable without authentication, that means an attacker wouldnt need a username and password to exploit them over a network. Four Java flaws were marked most severe and received a score of 10.0 on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS), the most critical ranking. Nine other Java flaws given a CVSS Base Score of 6.0 or higher
Posted on: Sat, 24 Jan 2015 02:04:00 +0000
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