Master Patch List – August 2018 @ AskWoody

Master Patch List – August 2018

Remember Patch Tuesday was August 14. Notes for the month of August:

1803 has now been declared Semi annual (ready for business). If you are not ready for 1803 make sure you have set deferrals.

The August updates look so far so good, on 8/22/2018 I updated to note that I’m not tracking any major issues. For those on Office 365 you can install the July click to run at this time. I am seeing one issue with the August click to run here:

Previous months:

July 2018 2018-07 June: 2018-06 May: 2018-05 April: 2018-04 March: 2018-03 February 2018: 2018-02

Microcode updates released in August. Optional – tracking some unbootable machines

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Windows version	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
08/24/2018	KB3172506	Windows 10 1803	Pass for now, look for firmware updates instead	Unbootable machines	Spectre and Meltdown
08/24/2018	KB4346085	Windows 10 1709	Pass for now, look for firmware updates instead		Spectre and Meltdown
08/24/2018	KB4346086	Windows 10 1703	Pass for now, look for firmware updates instead		Spectre and Meltdown
08/24/2018	KB4346087	Windows 10 1607	Pass for now, look for firmware updates instead		Spectre and Meltdown
08/24/2018	KB4346088	Windows 10 RTM	Pass for now, look for firmware updates instead		Spectre and Meltdown

D week updates, previews for next month

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Windows version	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
08/30/2018	KB4346783	Windows 10 1803	Not needed, skip		Fixes a few enterprise style issues
08/30/2018	KB4343893	Windows 10 1709	Not needed, skip		Fixes a few enterprise style issues
08/30/2018	KB4343889	Windows 10 1703	Not needed, skip		Fixes a few enterprise style issues
08/30/2018	KB4343884	Windows 10 1607	Not needed, skip		Fixes a few enterprise style issues
08/30/2018	KB4343891	Windows 8.1	Not needed, skip		Fixes a few enterprise style issues
08/30/2018	KB4343894	Windows 7	Not needed, skip		Fixes a few enterprise style issues

Windows 10

1803 not yet, 1709 wait, 1703 wait

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
07/10/2018		Windows 10 1803 declared Semi Annual	Not at this time	Several	Feature release
08/14/2018	KB4343909	Windows 10 1803	Ok to install	None at this time	Various issues – Protection against a new speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as L2 Terminal Fault affecting Intel Copre and Intel Xeon processors.
08/14/2018	KB4343897	Windows 10 1709	Ok to install	None at this time	Various issues
08/14/2018	KB4343885	Windows 10 1703	Ok to install	None at this time	Various issues
08/14/2018	KB4000825	Windows 10 1607	Ok to install	None at this time	Various issues SSU of KB4132216 must be installed first if you manually install
08/14/2018	KB4343902	Windows 10 Flash	Yes	None	Flash vulnerabilities

Windows 8.1

8.1 wait for now

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
08/14/2018	KB4343898	Windows 8.1	Ok to install	None at this time	Various issues – Protection against a new speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as L2 Terminal Fault affecting Intel Copre and Intel Xeon processors
08/14/2018	KB4343888	Windows 8.1 security only	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4343902	Windows 10 Flash	Yes	None	Flash vulnerabilities
08/14/2018	KB4345592	Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4345681	Security Only updates for .NET Framework 3.5, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 8.1, RT 8.1, and Server 2012 R2	Ok to install	None at this time	Various

Windows 7

Windows 7 – KB still notes loss of networking, but it’s been the same since March. Trigger appears to be VMware related

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article		Operating System			Safe to install?		Issues being tracked		Fixing or Patching
08/14/2018		KB4343900		Windows 7	Ok to install		None at this time		Various issues – Protection against a new speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as L2 Terminal Fault affecting Intel Copre and Intel Xeon processors
8/14/2018		KB4343899		Windows 7 security only	Ok to install		None at this time		Various
08/14/2018		KB4343205		Internet Explorer	Ok to install		None at this time		Various
08/14/2018		KB4345590		Security and Quality Rollup updates for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1	Ok to install		None at this time		Various
8/14/2018		KB4345679		Security Only updates for .NET Framework 3.5.1, 4.5.2, 4.6, 4.6.1, 4.6.2, 4.7, 4.7.1, and 4.7.2 for Windows 7 SP1 and Server 2008 R2 SP1	Ok to install		None at this time		Various

Office updates

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Platform	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
08/14/2018	KB3213636	Office 2010	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4022198	Office 2010	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032223	Excel 2010	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4018310	PowerPoint 2010	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032222	Outlook 2010	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032239	Office 2013	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032241	Excel 2013	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032240	Outlook 2013	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032233	Office 2016(*)	Ok to install	None at this time	Various
08/14/2018	KB4032235	Outlook 2016(*)	Ok to install	None at this time	Various

(*) These updates will only be released for volume license versions. All Office 365 releases are on the click to run model that install silently and in the background. Ensure that you are on the Semi-Annual channel and not the monthly channel.

Defender update:

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Operating System	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching

Optional updates:

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Office version	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching

Non security updates released for Office as noted by PCKano

Day/Month released	Patch Knowledge Base Article	Office version	Safe to install?	Issues being tracked	Fixing or Patching
08/07/2018	KB3172506	Office 2013	Ok to install		After you use the Rooms button or the Room Finder add-in to change the conference room for a meeting, the Location of the meeting is not automatically updated to match the newly selected room.
08/07/2018	KB4011155	Office 2013	Ok to install		This update provides an updated Segoe UI emoji font
08/07/2018	KB4022212	Office 2013	Ok to install		This update provides an updated Segoe UI emoji font
08/07/2018	KB4022226	One Drive for Office 2013	Ok to install		OneDrive (OneDrive.exe) can take over the synchronization relationships from OneDrive for Business (Groove.exe) now.This update adds the capabilities to Groove.exe to prepare it to silently and automatically migrate synchronization tasks from Groove.exe to per-machine installations of OneDrive.exe. Future updates to OneDrive.exe will mate with this change to complete the automatic migration.
08/07/2018	KB4018374	PowerPoint 2013	Ok to install		Fixes various issues with Youtube and Vimeo embedded videos
08/07/2018	KB4032250	Skype for Business 2015	Ok to install		After you apply this update, Lync 2013 will be upgraded to Skype for Business
08/07/2018	KB4032234	Office 2016 (*)	Ok to install		Fixes various issues with charts
08/07/2018	KB4032232	Office 2016 language pack (*)	Ok to install		Improves translations
08/07/2018	KB4022216	OneNote 2016 (*)	Ok to install		Prevents distributed pages in a class notebook from being deleted by students. Provides a confirmation dialog box for teachers when they delete distributed pages in the class notebook.
08/07/2018	KB4018368	PowerPoint 2016 (*)	Ok to install		Fixes various issues with Youtube and Vimeo embedded videos
08/07/2018	KB4032238	Project 2016 (*)	Ok to install		Fixes various issues with Project server
08/07/2018	KB4032258	Word 2016 (*)	Ok to install		Fixes various issues with Word
08/07/2018	KB4032255	Skype for Business 2016(*)	Ok to install		Various issues with Skype
08/07/2018	KB4022219	One Drive 2016 (*)	Ok to install		OneDrive (OneDrive.exe) can take over the synchronization relationships from OneDrive for Business (Groove.exe) now.This update adds the capabilities to Groove.exe to prepare it to silently and automatically migrate synchronization tasks from Groove.exe to per-machine installations of OneDrive.exe. Future updates to OneDrive.exe will mate with this change to complete the automatic migration.

(*) These updates are for volume license customers, Click to run customers will not see t

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