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• .NET Framework oddities and ESU issues highlight May patching

  Posted on May 18, 2020 at 01:05 CDT by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  For some Windows 7 users, May’s .NET Framework security updates proved to be a patching speed bump.

  On Patch Tuesday (May 12), Microsoft released .NET fixes for three new vulnerabilities. CVE-2020-0605 is a remote-code execution threat, CV-2020-1066 might allow elevation of privileges, and CVE-2020-1108 could result in denial-of-service attacks.

  But soon after the updates appeared, Win7 users reported installation failures. The upshot? The patches generally worked fine on systems with genuine (paid) and up-to-date Extended Security Updates (ESU) subscriptions.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 17.19.0 (2020-05-18).

  AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Patch Watch .NET Framework, AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Extended support, Patch failures, Win7 vulnerabilities

• Closing out the patching year …

  Posted on December 16, 2019 at 01:05 CST by Tracey Capen • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  By Susan Bradley

  This is a busy time for Windows upgrading.

  Win10 1803 officially fell into the bit bucket this past November; Windows 7 and Server 2008 R2 will suffer the same fate this coming January.

  Upgrading to a newer version of Windows 10 should be relatively painless. But the shift will be far more difficult and consequential for the mass of PC users still running Win7.

  Security is obviously a concern for Win7 users, but Microsoft has stated that Security Essentials updates will also end in January. However, it’s likely that third-party browsers and anti-malware apps will continue to get updates for some unknown period of time. Based on the XP experience, it could be months or years.

  Read the full story in AskWoody Plus Newsletter 16.46.0 (2019-12-16).

  Patch Watch AskWoody Plus Newsletter, Extended support, Windows 7 EoL, Windows updating