Security News > 2020 > January > Oracle's January 2020 CPU Delivers 334 New Patches
Oracle has released its first Critical Patch Update for 2020, which includes a total of 334 new security patches across multiple product families.
The company notes that 40 of the new patches address critical issues.
Oracle addressed 12 vulnerabilities in Java SE with the January 2020 CPU, all of them remotely exploitable without authentication; 12 in Construction and Engineering, 8 exploitable by remote, unauthenticated attackers; and 12 in Database Server, 3 remotely exploitable.
The fixes for nearly 50 issues address additional security flaws in Oracle products, so the total number of vulnerabilities patched by these updates is well above 334.
"Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply Critical Patch Update security patches as soon as possible. Until you apply the Critical Patch Update patches, it may be possible to reduce the risk of successful attack by blocking network protocols required by an attack," Oracle notes.