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Patches are additional pieces of code that have been developed to address specific problems or flaws in existing software. Vulnerabilities are flaws that can be exploited, enabling unauthorized access to IT systems or enabling users to have access to greater
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Patches sometimes become mandatory to fix problems with libraries or with portions of source code for programs in frequent use or in maintenance. This commonly occurs on very large-scale software projects, but rarely in small-scale development.
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Most major software companies today release updates and patches to close newly discovered vulnerabilities in their software. Sometimes bugs are discovered in a program that may allow a criminal hacker to attack your computer. Before most of these attacks occur, the software companies or vendors create free patches for you that they post on their Web sites. You need to be sure you download and install the patches! Check your software vendors' Web sites regularly for new security patches or use the automated patching features that some companies offer. Ensure that you are getting patches from the correct patch update site.
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In recent years, hackers have made a dangerous discovery: that enterprise system administrators cannot keep up with the never-ending floods of security alerts and patches issued by software vendors. Hackers know that when a significant number of security vulnerabilities are discovered and publicized within a short period of time, most enterprises will fall behind in evaluating, testing and applying security patches. The high-profile Code Red, Nimda and Slammer attacks against Microsoft's products proved that hackers will exploit this weakness, and users of Oracle's database products should expect to see similar attacks against Oracle databases that are exposed to the Internet. The decision by Oracle's CEO, Larry Ellison, and the company's marketers to claim that Oracle's software is "unbreakable" will doubtless provide a further incentive to attackers. The risk should be much lower than with Nimda and Slammer... because Oracle has assured Gartner that no desktop instances of the Oracle software require patches.
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Since security is a major issue for users, organizations are continually trying to install patches as quickly as possible. And since quite a few applications manufacturers use are mission critical, users are reluctant to install patches before the software vendors have provided some assurance security patches will not adversely affect the applications. That is why the OMAC Microsoft Manufacturing User Group (MS MUG) has chartered MUGPatch, a subgroup of the MS MUG, to develop a standard way for vendors to provide responses to Microsoft security patches.
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Software vendors generally catch weaknesses in their programs before hackers do, says Tunca, and make special protective programs known as “patches” that they provide free for users to download. Microsoft, for example, saw the hole in its Internet Information Services product in 2001 and made a patch immediately available. However, not enough people installed the patch and less than a month later the Code Red worm was eating its way into households, corporate computer systems, and the White House website.
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