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Microsoft has also issued updated guidance since the August Patch Tuesday release to clarify the steps needed to secure systems with this vulnerability. October 2020 Patch Tuesday forecast Microsoft continues to address record numbers of vulnerabilities each month.
Microsoft has updated its Security Update Guide, which is used by tens of millions of cybersecurity professionals the second Tuesday of every month, also known as Patch Tuesday. The update is "To help protect our customers regardless of what Microsoft products or services they use in their environment," according to a Microsoft Security Response Center blog post on Tuesday.
This month's patch Tuesday includes patches for 15 Microsoft products, including 23 critical CVEs. Microsoft has addressed 129 security issues as part of its September 2020 Patch Tuesday update.
Microsoft today released updates to remedy nearly 130 security vulnerabilities in its Windows operating system and supported software. Todd Schell at Ivanti reminds us that Patch Tuesday isn't just about Windows updates: Google has shipped a critical update for its Chrome browser that resolves at least five security flaws that are rated high severity.
Microsoft has released patches for 129 security bugs in its September Patch Tuesday update. Another critical RCE vulnerability that should be prioritized for patching is CVE-2020-1210, which exists in SharePoint due to a failure to check an application package's source markup.
Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative's Dustin Childs says that patching CVE-2020-16875, a memory corruption vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange, should be top priority for organizations using the popular mail server. CVE-2020-0922, a RCE in Microsoft COM, should also be patched quickly on all Windows and Windows Server systems.
Should we expect a large number of updates this Patch Tuesday that will bog down our networks? Applying the updates for KB 4565351 or KB 4566782 resulted in a failure for many users on automatic updates with return codes/explanations that were not very helpful.
The latest series of Patch Tuesday security updates for Windows 10 includes patches for 17 bugs marked 'Critical' and 97 listed as 'Important'. Microsoft has issued fixes for 120 vulnerabilities - including two zero-day exploits - in its latest Patch Tuesday security update for Windows 10.
Patch Tuesday used to be Microsoft's day to release patches. Patch watchers at the Zero Day Initiative said that, including the 120 product security bulletins posted this August, Microsoft is just 11 patches away from surpassing its 2019 full-year total with four months still to go in 2020.
Microsoft today released updates to plug at least 120 security holes in its Windows operating systems and supported software, including two newly discovered vulnerabilities that are actively being exploited. Yes, good people of the Windows world, it's time once again to backup and patch up!