Microsoft isn't the only company planning a boatload of security patches for next week. Oracle plans to fix 81 vulnerabilities in its database, middleware and operating system products on Tuesday, the same day Microsoft's fixes are due.

Oracle laid out some details on the upcoming patches Thursday, saying that 31 of the 81 bug-fixes are for products that Oracle picked up in its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. There will also be seven database server fixes and 33 patches for Oracle's various applications, including the PeopleSoft and Siebel software.

The Sun products that will be patched include Solaris, OpenOffice and the Sun directory server. As always, Oracle recommends that customers apply its fixes "as soon as possible."

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