[From Indian-Hackers]
Examining the Oracle October 2005 Critical Patch Update in depth, NGSResearchers discovered a number of problems which have all since been reported to Oracle. As well as new vulnerabilities and problems with the patches for old vulnerabilities, the October 2005 CPU fails to install the patched Oracle Text (CTXSYS) components on Oracle 8.1.7.4 on all operating systems.
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