Secunia warns of DoS attacks, security bypass and manipulation of data. A raft of 'highly critical' flaws have been found in several of Oracle's software products.

According to Secunia the vulnerabilities could allow a remote user to bypass a system's security, manipulate data or cause a denial of service.

Oracle has already issued a patch to fix the flaws in its software and has advised users to apply it immediately.
This Critical Patch Update contains 45 new security fixes across all products.

The problems were discovered in a range of applications, including Oracle Application Express, Application Server, Collaboration Suite, Oracle Database, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft Enterprise CRM and Oracle Secure Enterprise Search.