Oracle predicts software flaws

STORAGE OUTFIT Oracle has taken a leaf out of Microsoft's book and started offering early warning on security fixes.

According to Cnet, Oracle will list the number of vulnerabilities it plans to patch and gives details of which products and components will get fixes.

The giant releases patches quarterly which means that Oracle is pretty sure what is going to be released months in advance.

On Tuesday it will release fixes for 52 security vulnerabilities across its products. Some of the bugs are serious and could allow a system running the vulnerable Oracle software to be compromised remotely by an anonymous attacker.

Apparently customers have told Oracle to do it so that they can make sure that they have enough support staff on hand to run the updates.

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