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Oracle Releases Massive Security Update

Posted by samzenpus on from the protect-ya-neck dept.

wiredmikey writes Oracle has pushed out a massive security update, including critical fixes for Java SE and the Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite. Overall, the update contains nearly 170 new security vulnerability fixes, including 36 for Oracle Fusion Middleware. Twenty-eight of these may be remotely exploitable without authentication and can possibly be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password.

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  1. Re:No secure download by Wootery · · Score: 4, Insightful

    the download can include drive-by malware

    Can? If memory serves, you have to opt-out of McAfee, in the Java installer.