A UK database security consultant has warned all the users who are running the Legacy versions of Oracle that they are at risk from attack.
David Litchifield, Managing Director of Next Generation Security Software has stated that Oracle must take some serious steps to ensure the safety of its users. They should release some patches to ensure that the users are not subject to any major attack.
The version that is of the main concern is the version 8.1.7.4. Last year a survey conducted by Litchifield revealed that there are 140,000 installations of Oracle that are unprotected and could become a host for worms. The Arbitrary Library loading issue is more at risk of being attacked by potential attackers.
Criticizing Oracle Litchifield said that the database giant has not been fast enough in releasing patches for the bugs.
According to Litchifield Microsoft is still the main target of hackers and Microsoft has done a pretty good job in patching major vulnerabilities that could be exploited.
Oracle has been releasing patches every three months but there is still some room for improvement and they have to increase the quality of the patches they develop.
Via: theregister
