Oracle's July patch release includes 27 fixes for remote exploits

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https://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9240843/Oracle_39_s_July_patch_release_includes_27_fixes_for_remote_exploits

By Jeremy Kirk
IDG News Service
July 16, 2013

Oracle said on Tuesday that its monthly round of patches for July includes 
89 fixes, 27 of which address remotely exploitable vulnerabilities in four 
widely used products.

The most serious, remotely exploitable vulnerabilities affect the Oracle 
Database, its Fusion Middleware, the Oracle and Sun Systems Product Suite, 
and the MySQL database, wrote Eric P. Maurice, director of Oracle Software 
Security Assurance.

"As usual, Oracle recommends that customers apply this Critical Patch 
Update as soon as possible," he wrote.

Fusion Middleware has 21 fixes, 16 of which are remotely exploitable. One 
of the fixes concerns JRockit, the Java Virtual Machine in Fusion 
Middleware. The vulnerability is related to a series of Java issues 
patched in Oracle's June updates for Java SE (Server Edition), Maurice 
wrote.

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