Oracle will release next week patches for 46 vulnerabilities across its product lines.The company prereleased information on its quarterly Critical Patch Update, which will cover bugs in Oracle's flagship database, its application server, Collaboration Suite, E-Business Suite, Enterprise Manager, and its PeopleSoft enterprise software.

According to Oracle, the PeopleSoft bug scored a 4.8, while at least one bug in the Oracle E-Business Suite received a 4.7, and the highest score among the database bugs was 4.2.

The Oracle database contains 20 of the 46 flaws being fixed next Tuesday. Two of the 20 vulnerabilities may enable a hacker to remotely exploit them without the need for a user name and password.

Four vulnerabilities will be fixed in Oracle's application server. Three of them may be remotely exploitable without authentication, while two are applicable to client-only installations.

Oracle's major patch release will come a week after Microsoft's monthly Patch Tuesday release, which was issued this past Tuesday. Microsoft's release fixed 11 vulnerabilities.