We are glad to announce that the following Fusion Middleware (FMW) Proactive  patches were released on October 15, 2013.

Bundle Patches
Bundle patches are collections of controlled, well tested critical bug fixes for a specific product  which may include security contents and occasionally minor enhancements. These are cumulative in nature meaning the latest bundle patch in a particular series includes the contents of the previous bundle patches released.  A suite bundle patch is an aggregation of multiple product  bundle patches that are part of a product suite.

• Oracle Identity Management Suite Bundle Patch 11.1.1.5.5 consisting of
• Oracle Identity Manager (OIM) 11.1.1.5.9 bundle patch
• Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11.1.1.5.6 bundle patch.
• Oracle Adaptive Access Manager (OAAM) 11.1.1.5.2 bundle patch.
• Oracle Entitlement Server (OES) 11.1.1.5.4 bundle patch.
• Oracle Identity Management Suite Bundle Patch 11.1.2.0.4 consisting of
• Oracle Access Manager (OAM) 11.1.2.0.4 bundle patch.
• Oracle Adaptive Access Manager (OAAM) 11.1.2.0.2 bundle patch.
• Oracle Entitlement Server (OES) 11.1.2.0.2 bundle patch.
• Oracle Identity Analytics (OIA ) 11.1.1.5.6  bundle patch.
• Oracle GlassFish Server (OGFS) 2.1.1.22, 3.0.1.8 and 3.1.2.7 bundle patches.
• Oracle iPlanet Web Server (OiWS) 7.0.18 bundle patch
• Oracle SOA Suite (SOA) 11.1.1.7.1 bundle patch
• Oracle WebCenter Portal (WCP) 11.1.1.8.1 bundle patch
• Sun Role Manager (SRM) 4.1.7 and 5.0.3.2 bundle patches.

Patch Set Updates (PSU)
Patch Set Updates (PSU)  are collections of well controlled, well tested critical bug fixes for a specific product  that have been proven in customer environments. PSUs  may include security contents but no  enhancements are included. These are cumulative in nature meaning the latest PSU  in a particular series includes the contents of the previous PSUs  released.

• Oracle Exalogic 2.0.3.0.4 Physical Linux x86-64 and 2.0.4.0.4 Physical Solaris x86-64 PSUs.
• Oracle WebLogic Server 10.3.6.0.6 and 12.1.1.0.6 PSUs.

Critical Patch Update (CPU)
The Critical Patch Update program is Oracle's quarterly release of security fixes.

The following additional patches were released as part of Oracle's Critical Patch Update program:

• Oracle JDeveloper 11.1.2.3.0, 11.1.2.4.0 and 12.1.2.0.0
• Oracle Outside In Technology 8.4.0 and  8.4.1
• Oracle Portal 11.1.1.6.0
• Oracle Security Service  11.1.1.6.0, 11.1.1.7.0 and 12.1.2.0.0
• Oracle WebCache 11.1.1.6.0 and 11.1.1.7.0
• Oracle WebCenter Content 10.1.3.5.1, 11.1.1.6.0, 11.1.1.7.0 and 11.1.1.8.0
• Oracle WebServices 10.1.3.5.0 and 11.1.1.6.0

For more information:

• Master Notes on Fusion Middleware Proactive Patching
• PSU and CPU October 2013  Availability Document
• Critical Patch Update Advisory -  October 2013