The most serious vulnerability is a critical flaw in the Java VM component (CVE-2016-3454) in Oracle Database Server versions 11.2.04, 12.1.0.1, and 12.1.0.2.

The Java update complies with Java Specification Request 223, which lets scripting languages, including JavaScript and Python, run on the Java Virtual Machine.

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) is an application program interface (API) packaged with the Java SE edition that makes it possible to standardize and simplify the process of connecting Java ...