Oracle January 2024 Critical Patch Update Addresses 191 CVEs

On January 16, Oracle released its Critical Patch Update (CPU) for January 2024, the first quarterly update of the year. This CPU contains fixes for 191 CVEs in 389 security updates across 26 Oracle product families. Out of the 389 security updates published this quarter, 9.5% of patches were assigned a critical severity. High severity patches accounted for the bulk of security patches at 49.4%, followed by medium severity patches at 36.2%.

This quarter, the Oracle Communications Applications product family contained the highest number of patches at 71, accounting for 18.3% of the total patches, followed by Oracle Secure Backup at 55 patches, which accounted for 14.1% of the total patches.  

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