Security Patch Released.

Sept 01,  2004
John Garmany
 

On 31 August, Oracle released a set of security patches, partly in response to all the media coverage of the recently discovered vulnerabilities. 

Patches effect most versions of the Oracle Database (8i, 9i and 10g) and the Application Server (9i and 10g).

A complete matrix of the patch release is available in MOSC Document 281189.1. 

On the database side,

Many users of 9.2.0.4 on windows will need to apply the 9.2.0.5 patch set prior to applying the two security patches.  Insure that you read the patch instruction as the main security patch can not be applied to the 9.2.0.4 version on Windows.

On the Application Server side,

The patch is a rollup fix of MOD_PL/SQL, MOD_ORADAV and SSL.

However you will need to patch the Metadata Repository Database!

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Regards,

John Garmany

Burleson Oracle Consulting

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