Oracle January 2016 CPU PSU BP available now – BE AWARE OF CHANGES IN PATCH NUMBERING

Last night the PSUs and BPs for January 2016 have been made available for download on support.oracle.com.

Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory – January 2016

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html 

It contains 248 security fixes across all products and platforms. And of course important non-security fixes – and that’s why we recommend to apply the PSUs (or the BPs in case you are on Exadata or an Oracle In-Memory user) as soon as possible.

Change in Patch Numbering

Please be aware that as of November 2015 there’s been a change in patch numbering introduced which most of you may not be aware of. A database PSU was named 12.1.0.2.5 before (or I used to call it 12.1.0.2.PSU5 before to make clear that a PSU and not a BP has been applied). But the new notation will change the 5th digit to a 6-digit-number to include the date. See MOS Note:2061926.1 for details.

Example:

  • Before: Oracle Database 12c PSU October 2015 … 12.1.0.2.5
  • Now: Oracle Database 12c PSU January 2016 … 12.1.0.2.160119

More Information? 

–Mike
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