This Critical Patch Update Pre-Release Announcement provides advance information about the Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2014, which will be released on Tuesday, October 14, 2014. While this Pre-Release Announcement is as accurate as possible at the time of publication, the information it contains may change before publication of the Critical Patch Update Advisory.
A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. This Critical Patch Update contains 155 new security vulnerability fixes across hundreds of Oracle products. Some of the vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products. Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update fixes as soon as possible.
Vulnerabilities fixed by this Critical Patch Update are scored using the standard CVSS 2.0 scoring (see Oracle's Use of CVSS Scoring). The highest CVSS 2.0 Base Score for vulnerabilities in this Critical Patch Update is 10.0 for Java SE Embedded of Oracle Java SE and Java SE of Oracle Java SE.
Security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update affect the following products:
This Critical Patch Update contains 32 new security fixes for the Oracle Database Server. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. 4 of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have the Oracle Database Server installed.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Database Server is 9.0
The Oracle Database Server components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 17 new security fixes for Oracle Fusion Middleware. 13 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Fusion Middleware is 7.5
The Oracle Fusion Middleware components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 3 new security fixes for Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. None of these fixes are applicable to client-only installations, i.e., installations that do not have Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control installed.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control is 4.9
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 9 new security fixes for the Oracle E-Business Suite. 7 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle E-Business Suite is 5.0
The Oracle E-Business Suite components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 6 new security fixes for the Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite. 3 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite is 6.8
The Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 5 new security fixes for Oracle PeopleSoft Products. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle PeopleSoft Products is 5.8
The Oracle PeopleSoft Products components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 1 new security fix for Oracle JD Edwards Products. This vulnerability is not remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may not be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle JD Edwards Products is 4.3
The Oracle JD Edwards Products components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for Oracle Communications Applications. 1 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Communications Applications is 7.5
The Oracle Communications Applications components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 4 new security fixes for Oracle Retail Applications. All of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Retail Applications is 7.5
The Oracle Retail Applications components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 3 new security fixes for Oracle Health Sciences Applications. All of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Health Sciences Applications is 5.0
The Oracle Health Sciences Applications components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 2 new security fixes for the Oracle Primavera Products Suite. Neither of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., neither may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Primavera Products Suite is 6.5
The Oracle Primavera Products Suite components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 25 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. 22 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Java SE is 10.0
The Oracle Java SE components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 15 new security fixes for the Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite. 6 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite is 7.8
The Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 7 new security fixes for Oracle Virtualization. 6 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle Virtualization is 5.0
The Oracle Virtualization components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are:
This Critical Patch Update contains 24 new security fixes for Oracle MySQL. 9 of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.
The highest CVSS Base Score of vulnerabilities affecting Oracle MySQL is 8.0
The Oracle MySQL components affected by vulnerabilities that are fixed in this Critical Patch Update are: