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Critical Patch Updates, Security Alerts and Bulletins

This page lists announcements of security fixes made in Critical Patch Update Advisories, Security Alerts and Bulletins, and it is updated when new Critical Patch Update Advisories, Security Alerts and Bulletins are released.

• Instructions for subscribing to email notifications of Critical Patch Update Advisories and Security Alerts.
• Oracle Corporate Security Blog
• Guidelines for reporting security vulnerabilities

This page contains the following sections:

• Critical Patch Updates
• Security Alerts
• Solaris Third Party Bulletins
• Oracle Linux Bulletins
• Map of CVE to Advisory/Alert
• Oracle CVEs not published in other Oracle public documents
• CVEs for Oracle open source projects not published in other Oracle public documents
• Policy on information provided in Critical Patch Update Advisories and Security Alerts
• Applicability of Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts to Oracle Cloud
• References

Critical Patch Updates

Critical Patch Updates provide security patches for supported Oracle on-premises products. They are available to customers with valid support contracts. Starting in April 2022, Critical Patch Updates are released on the third Tuesday of January, April, July, and October (They were previously published on the Tuesday closest to the 17th day of January, April, July, and October). The next four dates are:

• 21 January 2025
• 15 April 2025
• 15 July 2025
• 21 October 2025

A pre-release announcement will be published on the Thursday preceding each Critical Patch Update release.

The Critical Patch Updates released since 2018 are listed in the following table. Critical Patch Updates released before 2018 are available here.

Security Alerts

Oracle will issue Security Alerts for vulnerability fixes deemed too critical to wait for distribution in the next Critical Patch Update. The Security Alerts released since 2018 are listed in the following table. Security Alerts released before 2018 are available here.

Solaris Third Party Bulletins

Solaris Third Party Bulletins are used to announce security patches for third party software distributed with Oracle Solaris. Solaris Third Party Bulletins are published on the same day as Oracle Critical Patch Updates are released. These bulletins will be updated on the third Tuesday of the following two months after their release (i.e., the two months between the normal quarterly Critical Patch Update publication dates). In addition, Solaris Third Party Bulletins may also be updated for vulnerability patches deemed too critical to wait for the next scheduled publication date. Solaris Third Party Bulletins released before 2018 are available here.

Oracle Linux Bulletins

Oracle releases security advisories for Oracle Linux as patches become available. Security advisories (ELSA) are published at https://linux.oracle.com/security/.

Starting October 20, 2015, Oracle will also publish Oracle Linux Bulletins which list all CVEs that had been resolved and announced in Oracle Linux Security Advisories in the last one month prior to the release of the bulletin. The Oracle Linux Bulletin will be published on the same day as Oracle Critical Patch Updates are released. These bulletins will also be updated for following two months after their release (i.e., the two months between the normal quarterly Critical Patch Update publication dates) to cover all CVEs that had been resolved in those two months following the bulletin's publication. In addition, Oracle Linux Bulletins may also be updated for vulnerability patches deemed too critical to wait for the next scheduled bulletin publication date. Oracle Linux Bulletins released before 2018 are here.

Map of CVE to Advisory/Alert

The Map of CVE to Advisory/Alert indicates which CVEs are fixed in each Critical Patch Update and Security Alert. The Map of CVE to Solaris Third Party Bulletin indicates which CVEs are fixed in each Solaris Third Party Bulletin.

Oracle CVEs not published in other Oracle public documents

The page provides a public mapping between CVEs and associated My Oracle Support (MOS) remediation documents which are accessible to any Oracle customer with a valid support license.

CVEs for Oracle open source projects not published in other Oracle public documents

The page lists CVEs for Oracle open source projects not published in other Oracle public documents.

Policy on information provided in Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts

As a matter of policy, Oracle will not provide additional information about the specifics of vulnerabilities beyond what is provided in the Critical Patch Update or Security Alert notification, the pre-installation notes, the readme files, and FAQs. Oracle provides all customers with the same information in order to protect all customers equally. Oracle will not provide advance notification or "insider information" on Critical Patch Update or Security Alerts to individual customers. Finally, Oracle does not distribute exploit code (or "proof of concept code") for vulnerabilities in our products.

Applicability of Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts to Oracle Cloud

The Oracle Cloud operations and security teams regularly evaluate Oracle’s Critical Patch Updates and Security Alert fixes as well as relevant third-party fixes as they become available and apply the relevant patches in accordance with applicable change management processes.

Cloud customers requiring information that is not addressed in the Critical Patch Update Advisory may obtain information as follows:

• Oracle Cloud (IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS) customers should submit a SR within their designated support system
• Oracle Managed Cloud Services (OMCS) customers should contact their Service Delivery Manager (SDM) or Technical Account Manager (TAM) 
• CRM On Demand customers should request status via a Service Request (SR)
• Global Business Units/Industry Cloud Services customers should submit a SR within their designated support system or, if applicable, contact their Customer Success Manager
• Oracle Advertising customers should contact their Client Partner.
• Oracle NetSuite customers should submit an Oracle NetSuite Support Case from within their Oracle NetSuite account.

References

• Oracle Software Security Assurance web site
• Oracle's policy and process for fixing security vulnerabilities
• Oracle VM Server for x86 Bulletins