Posted on 06/15/2013 9:03:29 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Its a clear case of Patch Tuesday envy that drives Oracle to release so many security patches. Theres no way Java could need that many critical updates. This one will get your attention with critical patches addressing 40 vulnerabilities.
Oracle ordinarily releases Critical Patch Updates four times a year on a set schedule, but this will already be the fourth such update issued in 2013.
(Excerpt) Read more at hardocp.com ...
fyi
Anyone know the $$$ involved?
I don’t think they make a penny off patches. However, if they don’t do them, the vulnerabilities will be used by criminals, and people will stop using their software.
NSA rootkit 12.7
Obama spying, NSA action?
That is a lot of flaws
Thanks for the ping.
Somewhere there is cash flow....
How does it work?
Application servers, database support, networking equipment.
Basically getting people on your development ecosystem and not Microsoft’s or some other open source tech stack (Ruby, JavaScript/JQuery/Node, Php/MySql, etc.). If your programming language and runtime (in Java’s case) is full of security holes, people start leaving your ecosystem. Or at the very least new startups or applications don’t even consider it.
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