Oracle has a love-hate relationship with security researchers. Actually, mostly hate. Given that Oracle finds enough of it’s own bugs – it released 193 patches in it’s July patch fest – maybe it doesn’t want people to find any more bugs. This all started when Oracle Chief Security Officer Mary Ann Davidson wrote a rather […]

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It’s Patch Day

July 15, 2015 mitch tanenbaum Leave a comment

Yesterday was Patch Tuesday. Microsoft had 14 bulletins, 5 of which they deemed critical, covering 59 vulnerabilities. Oracle released patches covering 193 vulnerabilities, including 25 Java patches, one of which is already being exploited in the wild. 44 of these vulnerabilities came from third party components. Of the 25 Java vulnerabilities fixed, 23 of […]

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Maybe Oracle Doesn’t Like Other People To Find Security Holes

It’s Patch Day