I was searching technorati.com and found a http://www.captivereefing.com/virusblog/2005/07/15/aw-silently-fixed-security-bugs-in-oracle-critical-patch-update-july-2005/ - (broken link) blog entry about Alex's silent security bug fixes done in the latest Critical Patch Update. The post is a copy of a bugtraq entry titled "AW: Silently fixed security bugs in Oracle Critical Patch Update July 2005".
This post is Alex's original announcement in the Bugtraq mailing list and David Litchfield’s reply to him and the list and Alex's subsequent reply. Basically the DAV_PUBLIC bug was fixed in "Alert 52, Security Vulnerabilities in Oracle9i Application Server" (dated 2003) and this is what David was reporting to the list and Alex. So at least this bug was not fixed silently after all.
OK, so the DAV_PUBLIC bug was found by Mark and David Litchfield and fixed two years ago in a previous patch. So maybe I am missing the point but why is it mentioned again (at least in the patch readme files) for CPU July 2005 two years later?
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- 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
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- 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
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