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This is the weblog for Pete Finnigan. Pete works in the area of Oracle security and he specialises in auditing Oracle databases for security issues. This weblog is aimed squarely at those interested in the security of their Oracle databases.

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The Register talks about the bugs



Robert Lemos of Security focus has an interesting angle in his news article "Oracle taken to task for time to fix vulnerabilities". In this article a detailed discussion of Alex's advisories takes place along with some insight into the length of time taken and also a quote from an Oracle source. Finally the interesting point is in relation to the fact that evidence shows that announcements like this have a negative effect on the share price of the company involved. This was the case for Oracle.