Oracle Releases Critical Patch Update for April 2012

Oracle has released its Critical Patch Update for April 2012 to address 88 vulnerabilities across multiple products.  The Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. Critical Patch Update patches are usually cumulative but each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update advisory. Thus, prior Critical Patch Update advisories should be reviewed for information regarding earlier published security fixes.

Please refer to:
Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts for information about Oracle Security Advisories.

Affected Products and Components
Security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update affect the products listed in the categories below.

• 6 for Oracle Database Server
• 11 for Oracle Fusion Middleware
• 6 for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control
• 4 for Oracle E-Business Suite
• 5 for Oracle Supply Chain Product Suite
• 15 for Oracle PeopleSoft Products
• 2 for Oracle Industry Applications
• 17 for Oracle Financial Services Software
• 1 for Oracle Primavera Product Suite
• 15 for Oracle Sun Product Suite
• 6 for Oracle MySQL

Oracle recommends users and administrators to review the April 2012 Critical Patch Update and apply any necessary updates to help mitigate the risks.

Source:

• US-Cert