Security note: Oracle Critical Patch Update and BlackBerry security advisory available

The critical patch update captured by Connectikpeople.co addresses 144 vulnerabilities across multiple products. The update contains the following security fixes:

• 5 for Oracle Database Server
• 22 for Oracle Fusion Middleware
• 2 for Oracle Hyperion
• 4 for Oracle E-Business Suite
• 16 for Oracle Supply Chain Products Suite
• 17 for Oracle PeopleSoft Products
• 2 for Oracle Siebel CRM
• 1 for Oracle iLearning
• 1 for Oracle Financial Services Software
• 36 for Oracle Java SE
• 11 for Oracle and Sun Systems Products Suite
• 9 for Oracle Virtualization
• 18 for Oracle MySQL

Connectikpeople.co encourages users and administrators to review the January 2014 Critical Patch Update and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.



Regarding BlackBerry, the company has released a security advisory that addresses Adobe® Flash® remote code execution vulnerabilities that affect BlackBerry® Z10, BlackBerry® Q10 smartphone and BlackBerry® PlayBook™ tablet customers.  These vulnerabilities could potentially allow an attacker to execute code with the rights of the application that opens the specially crafted malicious Flash content.
Therefore, Connectikpeople.co recommends users and administrators to review the BlackBerry Security Advisory BSRT-2014-001 and follow best practice security policies to determine which updates should be applied.