We’ve been announcing for some time that Elasticsearch would be available for PeopleSoft, and that day has come!  Customers can now download a DPK from My Oracle Support and install and configure Elasticsearch for their PeopleSoft systems.  Elasticsearch is available for the PeopleTools 8.55.11 patch, and customers must be on PeopleTools 8.55.11 or higher to use Elasticsearch.  You can get the DPK from the PeopleTools Maintenance Page on MOS.  Elasticsearch DPKs are available for Linux and Windows.

There is also documentation to help with installation, deployment, and maintenance.  Visit the Elasticsearch Documentation Home Page on My Oracle Support.  If you are currently using Secure Enterprise Search (SES), we cover how to transition from SES to Elasticsearch.  If you are not using SES, we cover how to do a fresh install of Elasticsearch.  In the near future we will provide additional resources including Oracle University Training, a Spotlight Series video, and more.  Our Cumulative Feature Overview tool has been updated with Elasticsearch content.

All of our testing indicates that Elasticsearch will be significantly easier to install and maintain and will perform much better than SES both for indexing and results retrieval.  With this big improvement, we hope customers will take advantage of Elasticsearch and make searching an important part of their user experience.  Search can be especially valuable with the Fluid User Experience because the Fluid header—which includes the Search widget—is always available, so users will be able to initiate a search from any context and at any point of their process.

Note that Oracle Secure Enterprise Search (SES) will be supported until April 30, 2018, eighteen months after Elasticsearch is delivered in PeopleTools 8.55.11.

There is newtechnology available from PeopleSoft that makes it very easy to configure FluidApprovals.It’s called Enterprise CommonComponents Page Composer or often referred to as just Page Composer.With Page Composer, administrators can modifythe contents, layout and format of Fluid Approval Pages without having tocustomize the underlying PeopleTools managed objects (pages and records).

Fluid Approvals areoften one of the first product areas that many of you distribute to users touse on mobile devices.They are also anarea of the product that each organization likes to tweak to meet theirneeds.Previous versions of mobile-ready approvals were built with IScripts and Mobile Application Platform (MAP), so customizingthe UI was difficult and required developers.Now with Page Composer, changes are made using a simple drag-drop UIthat doesn’t require complex programming.

It’s important to pointout that in order to use Page Composer, you must use the new Fluid Approvalsthat are built for use with Page Composer.  Application teams will make the first set ofapprovals available in the following PeopleSoft Update Images, FSCM image 20,HCM image 20, CRM image 12 and ELM image 15.It’s also important to mention that Page Composer only supports FluidApprovals and is not something that can be used with any Fluid page.We’ll let you know if that changes.

So you've started adopting PeopleSoft's Fluid User Interface to provide a better experience and mobility for your user communities.  Great!  For those of you that are taking an extra step and are doing some of your own development in Fluid, we offer some guidelines to help with your development efforts.  These docs will help you create home pages, components, and navigation flows that are consistent with those delivered by PeopleSoft's application development teams. 

There is a compendium article on My Oracle Support that provides links to several useful guides:  FLUID UI: PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface Supplemental Documentation (Doc ID 1909955.1)

Here are some of the guides you'll find on this page:

• Cascading Style Sheet Guide for PeopleSoft Fluid:  Contains descriptions of delivered CSS styles. Using this information will be helpful for creating custom fluid applications as well as extending current CSS features delivered in your PeopleSoft applications.
• Pivot Grid Security:  Provides information about security for Real-time Component Search in the PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface mode.
• PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface Programming Fundamentals:  Covers advanced topics related to creating fluid applications.
• Converting Classic Components to PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface:  Provides descriptions of the steps involved in a sample scenario of converting a classic page to a fluid page, helping to illustrate the concepts of fluid development.
• Fluid User Interface and Navigation Standards:  A set of guidelines and standards for applying the recommended techniques of fluid application development.

In addition, there is a great Fluid User Interface Design Standards document available here.

If you want to insure that your applications perform optimally, check out this red paper on performance for Fluid.

Of course there is a lot of good information in PeopleBooks too, but these resources go further.

We have a nice slate of sessions planned for the Collaborate conference, which takes place from April 2nd-6th in Las Vegas.  This valuable conference is hosted by Quest, the Oracle user group.  Quest has posted a  PeopleSoft page for the conference, so if you are focused on PeopleSoft, this makes it easier to review the content and choose your agenda. Registration is open now, and you can save by registering before February 16th.

The PeopleTools team will provide several sessions focused on our three main subjects:

• Fluid User Interface
• Life-cycle, including Selective Adoption and PeopleSoft Test Framework
• Cloud deployment for PeopleSoft
  

We'll also be covering important subjects like security, Elasticsearch, and platforms, and we'll also be doing the ever-popular PeopleTools panel session, where you have the opportunity to ask us any questions you want regarding PeopleSoft Technology.

Of course our applications teams, partners, and customers are presenting many interesting sessions too.  Visit the PeopleSoft page for the conference and go to the Key Topics section.  This makes it easy to discover sessions by topic and focus your selections on the subjects of interest to you. 

Hope to see you there!

Questions often arise on the PeopleTools versions for whichCritical Patch Updates have been published, or if a particular PeopleToolsversion is supported. 

The table in the attached page shows the patch number matrix for PeopleToolsversions associated with a particular CPU publication. This information will help you decide which CPU to apply and when to consider upgrading to a more current release.

The link in "CPU Date" goes to the landing page forCPU advisories, the link in the individual date, e.g. Apr-10, goes to theadvisory for that date.

The page also shows the CVE's addressed in the CPU, a synopsisof the issue and the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) value.

 Introduced in the April 2016 CPU, CVSS 3.0 is being used from this CPU going forward.

 For more information on how CVSS 3.0 is calculated, Risk Matrix Glossary – Terms and Definitions for Critical Patch Update Risk Matrices http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/advisorymatrixglossary-101807.html

CVSS Version 3.0 Announced: https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/cvss_version_3_0_announced

To find more details on any CVE, simply replace the CVE numberin the sample URL below.: http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-2377

Common Vulnerability Scoring System Version 3 Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document

This page shows the components of the CVSS score

If you are considering creating a response policy, this page provide a good sample template: http://www.first.org/_assets/cvss/cvss-based-patch-policy.pdf. Note this is a useful template.

All the details in this page are available on My Oracle Support and public sites.

Please NOTE: The RED column in the Attached Page indicates the last patch for any PeopleToolsversion and effectively the last support date for that version.

Applications Unlimited support does NOT apply to PeopleToolsversions.

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The latest image (Image 3) of the Interaction Hub is now available on My Oracle Support--PeopleSoft Update Manager Home Page.  To get the image, go to the PeopleSoft Update Images tab, then choose the Interaction Hub Update Images page.

This image contains a couple of beneficial features:

• Uptake of Elasticsearch   Elasticsearch is the new search engine used with PeopleSoft.  It provides many benefits over previous implementations of search technology.  When Search is used with the Interaction Hub, you can have federated searching across all PeopleSoft applications including the Hub.  This means that when you run a search, you can retrieve results from all content sources.  Learn more about Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft from our Key Concepts page on Search.
  
• Fluid Related Information for Content Management    This is functionally similar to Classic content management in Related Content.  There are three main aspects to this feature:  1) It enables users view all sorts of content from conventional articles, to videos or documents.  2) It provides a setup page for administrators to assign or update content, including context-specific content.  3) Enables administrators with extra privileges to create or update content management assignments, specify a role that can serve as content administrator, mark content as context sensitive, and turn on or off online content update capability. 
  
  Such managed content can be included in the Related Information from or in a page as embedded Related Information.  See PeopleBooks guidance on Related Information.
  

We’ve been talking about runningPeopleSoft Applications on the Oracle Compute Cloud ever since the release ofPeopleTools 8.55.  In release 8.55, we changed the way PeopleSoft is packaged andinstalled, using automated scripts for deployment and configuration.We call that the PeopleSoft CloudArchitecture.  Today, we make it even easier by automating processes like moving on premise environments to the cloud, provisioning of environments, defining topologies, cloning environmentsand maintaining application instances.  You could do these manually but thattakes a lot of time and resources.  Now they are all automated by PeopleSoft CloudManager.

This is not PeopleSoft running as aSaaS application.  There, got that out of the way.  This is you,moving your PeopleSoft Application from on premise to the Oracle Compute CloudService (also referred to as Oracle’s Infrastructure as a Service(IaaS)).  You move the database, application tier, web tier, app sources,tools source, everything that makes up a PeopleSoft application and place it inthe cloud.  You can do this for any of your instances, demo, dev, test,training, regression, sandbox, conference room pilot, and even production. Takeit one step further, and you can put your database on the Database CloudService and let Oracle manage patching the database for you.  This is yourapplication with your configurations, your customizations, your securityprofiles, and your data, and it’s running on the Oracle Cloud.  

PeopleSoft Cloud Manager helps you runPeopleSoft Applications on the Oracle Compute Cloud.  You’ll find it onthe Oracle Marketplace and it’s free of charge.  Just load it on toyour Oracle Compute Cloud and start running. First thing you’ll want to do isget an environment.  That’s what ‘Lift and Shift’ is for.  'Lift and Shift' packages up your on premise environment and copies it to the Cloud.  Oncethere, define a topology to identify all the resources your application willuse, and automatically deploy it.  From on premise to the cloud, fullyautomated, in a very short time. You don’t have to move all your PeopleSoft environmentsto the cloud.  Think of this as an extension of your data center.

Once you’ve got PeopleSoftApplications running on the Cloud, PeopleSoft Cloud Manager gives you a greatcollection of utilities and administrative features to manage them.  Youcan start and stop them (of course!).  If you don’t want one anymore, youcan delete it.  If you want another copy of an environment, you can cloneit.  And of course, none of this is worthwhile unless you can maintainthem.  Simply subscribe to application and tools changes, and anytimePeopleSoft publishes a changed (PRP, PUM image, PeopleTools patch, PeopleToolsrelease), it is automatically copied to your Cloud File Repository and ready tobe applied.  No more poking around My Oracle Support waiting for changesto be posted!

If you’ve been thinking about movingsome of your PeopleSoft operations to the cloud, you’ll want more informationabout Cloud Manager.  Of course, all of that can be found on thePeopleSoft Information Portal.  For more information about using theOracle Compute Cloud and Database Cloud Services, talk to your OracleTechnology Sales Representative.

We're doing a lot to enhance PeopleTools, and we have many avenues for gathering requirements: focus groups, conferences, research, advisory boards, and so on.  One area that we would like to promote particularly is the PeopleSoft Idea pages.  There is an idea page for PeopleTools specifically.  We are monitoring these pages regularly, so if you have suggestions for enhancements regardless of size or complexity, please feel free to submit them here.  This is your chance to guide us in the direction of PeopleSoft technology.  In addition to submitting your own ideas, you can vote on the suggestions of others to give them more weight.  Take a look at these pages and submit your ideas and suggestions.  This area is really for ideas about any area of PeopleSoft technology, so if you have ideas about areas beyond PeopleTools--like Enterprise Components or the Interaction Hub, you can submit them here as well.

We've just posted a new Spotlight Series video on using Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft.  This video is the first in a series, and covers the following topics:

• What is Elasticsearch and why did PeopleSoft move to it for our search engine?
• What releases of PeopleTools and PeopleSoft applications are needed to deploy Elasticsearch?
• How do customers obtain it?  Are there any licensing implications?
• What are the advantages of Elasticsearch?

I addition to these points, the main purpose of the video is to provide an overview of the process for deploying Elasticsearch with your PeopleSoft environments.  We cover the overall process, and describe the scenarios that may apply to your enterprise.

We will be releasing additional videos on Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft in short order.  These videos will cover the following topics in greater detail:

• Transitioning to Elasticsearch from Oracle's Secure Enterprise Search
• Initial installation of Elasticsearch
• Administration and maintenance of Elasticsearch

All these videos will be posted on the PeopleSoft YouTube channel.

The Collaborate conference, hosted by a consortium of Oracle user groups (Quest, IOUG and OAUG), is being held April 2-6 in Las Vegas, NV.  This conference covers a broad spectrum of Oracle applications and technology, and PeopleSoft is well represented.  Quest has a web page focused on PeopleSoft at Collaborate that you will find useful.  It will help in planning for your PeopleSoft-related activities.  It highlights keynotes, important sessions and topics, educational opportunities, and workshops.  In short, it's a great tool for planning your complete conference agenda.

As the name of the conference implies, this is a great opportunity to collaborate with Oracle staff, fellow PeopleSoft customers, and partners.  You can also see PeopleSoft at the Oracle demo pods while visiting the Exhibit floor.

The PeopleTools and PeopleSoft Technology area is offering many interesting and valuable sessions.  Here are some topics/sessions you should consider:

General

• PeopleSoft Technology Road Map
• PeopleTools Panel Discussion
• Transitioning to Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft
  

Cloud

• Deploying PeopleSoft in the Oracle Cloud
• PeopleSoft Cloud Architecture and Cloud Manager
  

User Interface

• Adopting the PeopleSoft Fluid User Interface
• Simplified Analytics
• Page Composer/Approvals
  

Security

• PeopleSoft Security in the Cloud

This is just a sampling.  There are many wonderful sessions being offered by customers, partners, and the PeopleSoft applications teams.  Again, check www.peoplesoftcollaborate.com  and learn about everything PeopleSoft at the Collaborate conference.

It took a bit longer than anticipated, but we are up and running on the new blog platform.  We hope you like the new format.  There are some good features, one of the most important being the responsiveness of the UI.  You can now read and interact with this blog across form factors, including phones.

We have a few kinks to work out and a few more things to get configured, but you will start seeing fresh posts shortly.  For those of you that have posted comments on the old platform, so of those MAY NOT have made it over in the migration.  We will try to get them carried over and address them, but if you don't see a response to one of your comments soon, please re-post it. Note that the URL is the same.  Our social media feeds are temporarily changed, but we are working on getting those updated to PeopleSoft-specific targets.  In the meantime, please visit peoplesoftinfo.com for lots of content, including links to our social sites.

PeopleSoft integration with Elasticsearch depends on the version of Elasticsearch that is distributed with PeopleTools.  PeopleSoft also provides PeopleSoft-specific customizations.  PeopleSoft currently provides a version of Elasticsearch 2.3.2 with PeopleSoft products.  This version of Elasticsearch is distributed to customers through our Deployment Packages (DPKs).  Customers have noted that Elastic, the company that provides Elasticsearch, has announced that version 2.3.2 will reach end of life on September 30, 2017.  It is important for customers to know that Oracle/PeopleSoft will continue to support that version of Elasticsearch, which we provide, beyond that date.   Customers will receive any fixes through our DPKs, and they should not attempt to get support or updates from Elastic.

In addition, we are currently working on certifying the latest version of Elasticsearch, and when that is complete, it will be available in our Elasticsearch Deployment Packages.  Our strategy is to support future versions of Elasticsearch when they are available after testing and certification.

There are some new resources available to help with your deployment of Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft.  First, there is a new paper that provides guidance on working with Elasticsearch clusters.  This paper describes setting up clusters during installation, adding and removing nodes, administration of the cluster, starting and stopping clusters and nodes, and managing large indexes.  The Cluster paper is available on the Elasticsearch Home Page on MyOracleSupport.  This paper applies to the PeopleTools release 8.55.11 or later patches.  When PeopleTools 8.56 is released, this cluster information will be included in the 8.56 PeopleBooks.

Two new Spotlight Series videos on Elasticsearch have also been posted.  They are part of a series that began with the Elasticsearch Strategies video, which provides an overview of the process of deploying Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft.  These latest videos cover two important topics:

• Deploying Elasticsearch--Provides greater detail on the deployment process, particularly for customers that haven't deployed Oracle's Secure Enterprise Search and are not familiar with the PeopleSoft Search Framework.
• Moving from SES to Elasticsearch--Provides detail on deploying Elasticsearch for customers that have deployed Secure Enterprise Search and the the PeopleSoft Search Framework.

Keep your eye on the Search Concepts Page on peoplesoftinfo.com for updates to Search technology with PeopleSoft.

Great news from PeopleSoft!  We are happy to announce that PeopleTools 8.56 is now generally available for install and upgrade.  As is the case with all major PeopleTools releases, it's loaded with new features.  In this release you will find:

• Ability to have a common look to the user interface in each application, regardless of the underlying Fluid or Classic technology
• An open source search technology with proven success, that will be easier to install and manage
• Lifecycle management process that lets change be selected directly from analytics
• Ability to create test scripts that use queries to provide test data
• More platform support for the PeopleSoft Deployment Framework
• And it’s easier than ever to lift and run your PeopleSoft applications in the Oracle Cloud

Of course there’s more.  Where can you go to get all the details on 8.56?  The first place to start is always the PeopleSoft Information Portal, www.peoplesoftinfo.com.    Once there, select the PeopleTools tab.  There’s a great informational video that runs about ½ hour in length covering some of the new features.  For a bit more detail, check out PeopleTools section in the Cumulative Feature Overview tool (also linked to from the PeopleSoft Information Portal) or PeopleBooks online help.  To make it easy to find everything, here’s all the links:

• PeopleTools 8.56 Highlights Video: https://youtu.be/UHwQzRHRMwA·     
• PeopleTools 8.56 New Features Overview: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2267247.1
• PeopleTools 8.56 Home Page (includes Install): https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2259140.2·      
• PeopleTools 8.56 Upgrade: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id= 2270700.1
• PeopleTools 8.56 Install: (tab on the PeopleTools 8.56 Home Page) https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2259140.2
• PeopleTools Patches Home Page: https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2062712.2
• PeopleTools 8.56 Online Help: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E87544_01/pt856pbr1/eng/pt/index.html     
• Elasticsearch Home Page. https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=2205540.2

Even though this is the first major PeopleTools release since 8.55 in Dec. 2015, you've already seen some of the new features we've been working on.  Selective Adoption lets us release new Enterprise Components like Approval Page Composer, Form Builder and Page and Field Configurator in PUM Images.  We made Elasticsearch available in PeopleTools 8.55, and of course there’s PeopleSoft Cloud Manager, the application available on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace that helps you run PeopleSoft Application on the Oracle Cloud.  Information on all of these features can be found in the PeopleSoft Information Portal.

PeopleTools 8.56 is a major release for PeopleSoft that we are sure will be beneficial.  Remember to keep up to date with the PeopleTools direction by visiting Planned Features and Enhancement page (https://support.oracle.com/epmos/faces/DocumentDisplay?id=1966243.2) on Oracle Support and we look forward to hearing your ideas about how we can improve PeopleTools by posting them on Idea Space (https://community.oracle.com/community/support/peoplesoft).

PeopleSoft Cloud Manager Image 04 is now available in Oracle Cloud Marketplace.  This new version brings in a number of new enhancements and fixes that customers were asking for.  We’re listening to feedback and working hard to incorporate your ideas into the product as quickly as possible. Here are some of the new features to try out in image 04.  Many thanks to Nagendra Krishnappa for putting this together.

Multiple Middle-Tier Provisioning

The prior images of Cloud Manager had a limitation on the number of middle-tiers that could be provisioned.  With this new image, you can create multiple middle-tiers and connect them all to the same database. In the topology definition, you can now add multiple middle-tier nodes for a topology.  When you add/use this topology in a template, you can configure attributes for each middle-tier individually.

Elastic Search deployment and Configuration

In image 03, Cloud Manager was deploying the Elastic Search server, but users had to manually configure and integrate it with the environment.  In image 04, Cloud Manager can now automatically integrate the Elastic Search server - one less administrative task for you. 

Support Lift of Campus Solutions On-Premise Environments

If you are using Campus Solutions, we now have the capability to migrate (“Lift and Shift”) your on-premise environment to Oracle Cloud.  Cloud Manager’s “Lift” utility will pack up your on-premise environment and “Shift” it to Oracle Cloud automatically. 

Configurable Persistent Boot Volume for Deployed Instances 

Boot volumes of PeopleSoft VMs were not configurable, thereby limiting the size of boot volumes to a standard image size.  You can now modify this setting to specify the larger sizes that you may need.

Security Updates

A couple of security fixes has been addressed in this release related to masking of sensitive data and hardening rules to control network access between provisioned VMs.

Bug Fixes

Improvements and fixes in areas of DBCS provisioning and environment management were addressed in this image. 

New Oracle Linux image for Cloud Manager

Along with the latest Cloud Manager image, we now have a reference Oracle Linux image to get you started quickly.  You can find it in Marketplace: PeopleSoft Linux Image for Cloud Manager.  Configure this image as the Linux image in Cloud Manager Settings and it will be used for all instance provisioning.  

You may also create your own custom image starting with Cloud Manager image 04.  To do that, first deploy an instance of the reference Oracle Linux image.  Next, connect to it and install/upgrade required packages, modify kernel parameters and customize configurations to suit your needs.  When you are done with customizations, create a new image from it and use it with Cloud Manager.  You can find more details about creating a custom Linux image for PeopleSoft Cloud Manager in the Creating a Custom Linux Image for PeopleSoft Cloud Manager tutorial.

Go ahead and enjoy the latest image, and continue to let us know what additional capabilities you would like to have in Cloud Manager!

We have been getting some great feedback from customers and partners on our major PeopleSoft endeavors.  Customers are doing some progressive and innovative things and realizing  benefits from the latest features and advances in PeopleTools, Enterprise Components, and PeopleSoft applications.

It’s rewarding to hear such feedback, and to talk with customers that are seeing positive results with today’s PeopleSoft.  We want to recognize your achievements, so we've created the brand new PeopleSoft Innovator Awards.

What are you doing with today’s powerful, modern, intuitive PeopleSoft?  You are a PeopleSoft Innovator if you are...

• Deploying the Fluid UI
• Using Simplified Analytics
• Using Elasticsearch
• Deploying new features through Selective Adoption
• Rolling out new products
• Eliminating customizations
• Using personalization and configuration tools
• Running PeopleSoft on the Oracle Cloud
• Using Cloud Manager
• Using PeopleSoft Update Manager analytics
• Changing your approach to testing
• And many, many more!

Nominate yourself or someone you know today!  Partners, nominate your customers.  You’ve earned it, and the rest of the PeopleSoft community wants to hear what you’ve done.  PeopleSoft Innovators will be announced at Oracle OpenWorld, invited to a special PeopleSoft Innovators event at OpenWorld, receive an award, and more.

This is a pretty incredible time to be a PeopleSoft customer.  We want to hear your story.  Take a moment to share it today!

Open World is Oracle's biggest event of the year, and PeopleSoft is well represented again this year.  We will be presenting over 75 sessions including keynotes and general sessions provided by PeopleSoft Executives and leaders, as well as informative sessions presented by our applications and technology teams.  In addition, our partners and customers will be telling their success stories, so you can learn a lot from them.  Take a look at this video to learn more about the PeopleSoft agenda at Open World.

We also have a mobile-friendly web site that will keep you informed about sessions, schedules, and events at Open World.  This site is all about PeopleSoft at Open World, so it will help during the conference with planning, locating sessions of interest, and other useful information.  It provides information that will be updated before and throughout the conference and contains things like Key Sessions, Speaker Spotlights, and other resources like Focus On documents.  The site will be live on September 18th.

Our technology sessions will cover many important topics including the following:

• PeopleSoft Technology Road Map
• Elasticsearch with PeopleSoft
• PeopleSoft deployed on the Cloud
• Deploying the Fluid UI
• Selective Adoption and Life Cycle
• Reporting and Analytics
• Platforms and infrastructure
• Security, on premise and in the cloud

We are bringing back the popular PeopleTools panel discussion in which you can ask questions of our technology management team.  There is also something new this year: a 'brain snack' session in which you can engage with Oracle/PeopleSoft people as well as other customers and partners in free form conversations about any topic that is meaningful to you.  This also enables you to make connections with your peers and share valuable insights.

We hope many of you will be attending, and we look forward to seeing you at the conference.

Updated for October 2017 CPU.

Questions often arise on the PeopleTools versions for which
Critical Patch Updates have been published, or if a particular PeopleTools
version is supported. 

The table in the Attached Page shows the patch number matrix for PeopleTools
versions associated with a particular CPU publication. This information will help you decide which CPU to apply and when to consider upgrading to a more current release.

The link in "CPU Date" goes to the landing page for
CPU advisories, the link in the individual date, e.g. Apr-10, goes to the
advisory for that date.

The page also shows the CVE's addressed in the CPU, a synopsis
of the issue and the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) value.

 Introduced in the April 2016 CPU, CVSS 3.0 is being used from this CPU going forward.

 For more information on how CVSS 3.0 is calculated, Risk Matrix Glossary – Terms and Definitions for Critical Patch Update Risk Matrices http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/advisorymatrixglossary-101807.html

CVSS Version 3.0 Announced: https://blogs.oracle.com/security/entry/cvss_version_3_0_announced

To find more details on any CVE, simply replace the CVE number
in the sample URL below.: http://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2010-2377

Common Vulnerability Scoring System Version 3 Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/specification-document

This page shows the components of the CVSS score

If you are considering creating a response policy, this page provide a good sample template: http://www.first.org/_assets/cvss/cvss-based-patch-policy.pdf. Note this is a useful template.

All the details in this page are available on My Oracle Support and public sites.

Please NOTE: The RED column in the Attached Page indicates the last patch for any PeopleTools
version and effectively the last support date for that version.

Applications Unlimited support does NOT apply to PeopleTools
versions.