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Oracle Critical Patch Update April 2008: Pre-Release Advisory

Here is the first information about the next CPU.

Database:

  • This CPU contains 17 new security fixes (including 2 for Oracle Application Express)
  • The highest CVSS base score of vulnerabilities is 6.6.
    This is regarded as a high risk.
  • Some very critical components are affected:
    • Audit
    • Authentication
    • Core RDBMS
    • Data Pump
    • Export
    • Oracle Net Services
    • Query Optimizer
  • This CPU includes fixes for Oracle Database 11g too.

Oracle Application Server:

  • This CPU contains 3 new security fixes
  • All of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploited without authentication!
  • The highest CVSS base score of vulnerabilities is 9.3 for clients and 6.6 for servers.
    This is regarded as a very high risk.

Oracle Enterprise Manager:

  • This CPU contains 1 new security fix (in the Oracle Agent)
  • The CVSS base score of vulnerability is 6.6.
    This is regarded as a high risk.

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