Oracle Issues Fix for Faulty DB Server Patch

July 8, 2005

Enterprise software giant Oracle has released a fix for an incomplete database server patch after a private security research outfit discovered that the underlying vulnerability was never addressed.

Oracle Corp.'s patch fix comes almost a month to the day after David Litchfield, managing director at United Kingdom-based Next Generation Security Software Ltd., brought the faulty patch to the company's attention.

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