Identify Oracle January CPU Candidates with February TKU Release
by Steve Watts | 12 Feb 2008 | Permalink |
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On 15th January Oracle released its latest critical patch update (CPU). Looking at the technology products (Application Server and Database) requiring the CPU it was evident that Tideway Foundation patterns provide the level of precision (5 digit version identification) needed to help organizations identify instances requiring the patch.
Go to Oracle January CPU web page
Oracle recommend that organizations “have a complete inventory of Oracle products across the IT enterprise, with full version numbers” however do not appear to have a solution for this. As a result we hear that many organizations are unable to apply the CPUs and as a result are exposing themselves to critical security vulnerabilities.
To find out more about how Tideway identifies Oracle AS and Database inventories go to:
Oracle RDBMS pattern
Oracle AS pattern
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