Content Modification: Patches for Windows published 2021-03-25

Content in the Patches for Windows site has been modified

Modified:

  • Major (ID:500164005) 5001640: Update for Windows 8.1 - Windows 8.1 - KB5001640
  • Major (ID:500164001) 5001640: Update for Windows 8.1 - Windows 8.1 - KB5001640 (x64)
  • Major (ID:500164003) 5001640: Update for Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB5001640 (x64)
  • Major (ID:448433803) MS20-MAY: Security update for Excel 2016 - Excel 2016 - KB4484338 (x64) (Superseded)
  • Major (ID:407269801) 4072698: Enable mitigations to help protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities CVE-2017-5715 (Spectre Variant 2) and CVE-2017-5754 (Meltdown) - Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / Windows 2016
  • Major (ID:407269805) 4072698: Enable mitigations to help protect against CVE 2018-3639, CVE-2017-5715, CVE-2017-5754 , CVE-2018-11091, CVE-2018-12126, CVE-2018-12127, CVE-2018-12130 - Windows Server 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / Windows 2016

Reason for Update:

  • Updated Version check to the correct value on KB5001640
  • Corrected wrong CVE values on KB4484338
  • Updated CVE values and shortened the name due to character constraint on 4072698

Actions to Take:
None

Published site version:
Site Name: Patches for Windows
Version: 3745

Additional links:

Application Engineering Team
HCL BigFix

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