It looks like Oracle have been fixing security bugs in CPU July 2005 that are not included in the bugs listed in the risk matrix's that are in the http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/pdf/cpujul2005.html - (broken link) advisory released on Wednesday. This fact has been discovered by Alex and I have been discussing this with him for a couple of days now. This is not a new phenomenon as other patch sets and point increases in version have also silently fixed security bugs.
Alex has issued a paper today titled "Oracle CPU July 2005 - Silently fixed bugs" that discusses this issue in relation to CPU July 2006.
What is the issue here? - are Oracle silently fixing security bugs reported to them or are these internally found security bugs? - maybe, the issue is that the bugs found are not reported as security bugs in the first place and they then go though the system remaining as non-security bugs? - but why then are there so many found by Alex this time in this CPU?
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July 2005
- whilst on the subject of orablogs - version 2 is in the wings - 07/01/2005 by 07/01/2005
- A new sample installation session for Oracle Password Repository (OPR) version 1.1.8 - 07/02/2005 by 07/02/2005
- Frank talked about form-based authentication with struts - 07/04/2005 by 07/04/2005
- orablogs is back - 07/05/2005 by 07/05/2005
- 10g Release 2 allows deletion of datafiles - 07/06/2005 by 07/06/2005
- Oracle have issued a second email with another exploitable vulnerability in 10.1.0.2 in CPU 12APR - 07/07/2005 by 07/07/2005
- Paying a ransom to read your data - 07/08/2005 by 07/08/2005
- Two security bugs found and reported to Oracle in 10g Release 2 already! - 07/11/2005 by 07/11/2005
- Self signed SSL certificates with JInitiator - 07/12/2005 by 07/12/2005
- Oracle Simplifies SOA Security - 07/13/2005 by 07/13/2005
- Internet News talks about Oracles latest Critical Patch Update - 07/14/2005 by 07/14/2005
- A good German new item on CPU 12 July 2005 - 07/15/2005 by 07/15/2005
- More news on silent fixes in CPU July 2005 - 07/16/2005 by 07/16/2005
- Sun has released an alert notification (15 July 2005) about multiple security vulnerabilities in Oracle affecting SunMC - 07/19/2005 by 07/19/2005
- Oracle researcher announces high-risk database flaws - 07/20/2005 by 07/20/2005
- An Oracle spokeswoman speaks to TheAge - 07/21/2005 by 07/21/2005
- Oracle Confirms Holes in Two Latest Patch Sets - 07/22/2005 by 07/22/2005
- [Argeniss] Oracle 9R2 Unpatched vulnerability on CWM2_OLAP_AW_AWUTIL package - 07/23/2005 by 07/23/2005
- New Oracle Security Forum opened - 07/25/2005 by 07/25/2005
- Mary Ann Davidson fights back - When security researchers become the problem - 07/27/2005 by 07/27/2005
- iDefense ups the bidding for bugs - 07/28/2005 by 07/28/2005
- VeriSign boosts security with iDefense acquisition - 07/29/2005 by 07/29/2005
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