For 10gR2 (10.2.0.3 or higher) , you can use following command. opatch lsinventory -bugs_fixed Doc ID: 750350.1 How To Find The Description/Details Of The Bugs Fixed By A Patch Using Opatch? This command will list details of the molecules as well. Molecules details will not appear as patch on Metalink. Molecules are part of main CPU patch. You can also read on the following docs: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/cpu/cpufaq.htm Critical Patch Update - Introduction to Database n-Apply CPUs Doc ID: 438314.1 http://blogs.oracle.com/security/2007/07/17/#a62 http://www.integrigy.com/security-resources/whitepapers/IOUG_Oracle_Critical_Patch_Updates_Unwrapped.pdf On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 2:07 PM, Yechiel Adar <adar666@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > You can map them back by searching metalink for "patch xxxxxx". > The unique patch id, according to metalink doc *749368.1* is for oracle > internal use only. > I think they use it to link together all patches that were installed in one > run, like CPU.*** > * > > Adar Yechiel > Rechovot, Israel > > > > Ray Stell wrote: > > How do you map the the source of these four patches listed by > opatch lsinventory: > > Installed Top-level Products (2): > > Oracle Database 11g > 11.1.0.6.0 > Oracle Database 11g Patch Set 1 > 11.1.0.7.0 > There are 2 products installed in this Oracle Home. > > > Interim patches (4) : > > Patch 8342506 : applied on Fri Apr 17 15:08:40 EDT 2009 > Unique Patch ID: 11125501 > Created on 25 Mar 2009, 07:02:09 hrs PST8PDT > Bugs fixed: > 8342506 > > Patch 8306934 : applied on Fri Apr 17 15:08:37 EDT 2009 > Unique Patch ID: 11125501 > Created on 25 Mar 2009, 07:01:14 hrs PST8PDT > Bugs fixed: > 8306934 > > Patch 8306933 : applied on Fri Apr 17 15:08:32 EDT 2009 > Unique Patch ID: 11125501 > Created on 25 Mar 2009, 07:01:40 hrs PST8PDT > Bugs fixed: > 8306933 > > Patch 8290478 : applied on Fri Apr 17 15:08:29 EDT 2009 > Unique Patch ID: 11125501 > Created on 25 Mar 2009, 07:02:31 hrs PST8PDT > Bugs fixed: > 8290478 > > These happen to have come from CPUApr2009, but I don't see how you can map > them back to that. And what the heck is the "Unique Patch ID" that is > identical on all four patches? Seems like that ought to go back to > the cpu patch somehow. > --//www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > > >