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Oracle Patch Day: January's CPU and Java Updates Correct 144 Vulnerabilities

January 14, 2014 By Corey Nachreiner

Today, Oracle released their quarterly Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2014. CPUs are Oracle’s quarterly collections of security updates, which fix vulnerabilities in a wide-range of their products. Oracle publishes their quarterly updates on the Tuesday closest to the 17th of the month, and this quarter that happens to fall on Microsoft and Adobe’s Patch Tuesday.

Overall, Oracle’s CPU and Java updates fix around 144 security vulnerabilities in many different Oracle products and suites. The table below outlines the affected product categories, and the severity of the fixed flaws. The flaws with the highest CVSS rating are the most risky, meaning you should handle them first:

Product or SuiteFlaws Fixed (CVE)Max CVSS
Java SE3610
Fusion Middleware2210
MySQL1810
Financial Services Software110
Sun Systems Products Suite117.2
Hyperion27.1
Virtualization96.8
E-Business Suite45.5
Supply Chain Product Suite165.5
Database Server55
Seibel CRM25
PeopleSoft Products175
iLearning14.3

Oracle’s advisory doesn’t describe every flaw in technical detail. However, they do describe the general impact of each issue, and share  CVSS severity ratings. While the severity of the 144vulnerabilities differs greatly, some of them pose a pretty critical risk; especially the Java SE ones.

Almost everyone has Java installed. If you do, I recommend you install the Java update immediately, or perhaps consider uninstalling Java or restricting it in some way using its security controls. With many flaws that have a CVSS rating of 10, the Java exploits allow remote attackers to install malware on your computer via web-based drive-by download attacks; and right now attackers really like targeting Java flaws.

Of course,  if you use any of the other affected Oracle software, you should update it as well. I recommend scheduling the updates based on the max CVSS rating for the products. For instance, if you use MySQL, update it quickly, but you can allow yourself to more time to fix the iLearning issues. You’ll find more details about these updates in the Patch Availably section of Oracle’s alert. — Corey Nachreiner, CISSP (@SecAdept)

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