Oracle Critical Patch Update for October 2020 Addresses 402 Security Updates

Oracle’s latest Critical Patch Update surpasses the 400 mark for the second time this year with 402 security patches addressing 230 CVEs, including numerous critical vulnerabilities in Oracle Fusion Middleware products.

On October 20, Oracle released the Critical Patch Update (CPU) Advisory for October 2020, its final quarterly release of security patches for the year. This update contains fixes for 230 CVEs in 402 security patches across 27 Oracle product families. This quarter’s update marks the second-highest count in Oracle CPUs, surpassed only by the July 2020 update which holds the record with over 440 patches.

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