Serious Oracle Flaw Revealed; Patch Coming

Posted by timothy on Tuesday January 17, 2012 @04:58AM from the now-how-much-would-you-pay? dept.

GMGruman writes "A bug in Oracle Database that could take down large databases — or let a hacker do so — has been found, and Oracle promises a patch later today. When InfoWorld first heard of the bug two months ago, its investigation revealed how dangerous this bug could be, and after convincing Oracle to address the issue, InfoWorld held the news until a patch was available, so hackers could not exploit the bug in the meantime. Paul Venezia details just how this bug exposes companies to the possibility of databases going offline, and Eric Knorr asks Oracle users to help test the patch in their complex environments. (InfoWorld's tests in simpler environments show the patch works there.)"

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Re:Nice Slashvertisement by Ihmhi · 2012-01-17 05:09 · Score: 1, Funny

Seriously, how much is /. getting behind the scenes from the various IT rags that plaster the front page?
At least enough money that it's worthwhile to keep doing it?

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Re:in before by joshuac · 2012-01-17 05:28 · Score: 3, Funny

The only reason Oracle has this flaw is because Microsoft's DB lineup hardly forces them to compete from a security perspective.
Re:Nice Slashvertisement by Anonymous Coward · 2012-01-17 05:41 · Score: 4, Funny

If /. is just trade rag bullshit, then why even come here?
First posts and goatse.
Re:They're "patching" Larry Ellison? by Spykk · 2012-01-17 08:00 · Score: 4, Funny

If they don't affix patches to the amputation areas the horns and tail keep growing back.