IBM BigFix Patch: Content Modification: Patches for Windows published 2018-03-01

Content in the Patches for Windows site has been modified:

Modified Fixlets:

[Major] 2934016: Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 update rollup - Windows Server 2012 Gold (x64) (ID: 293401605)
[Minor] 4072698: Disable mitigations to help protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities - Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows Server 2012 R2 / Windows 2016 (ID: 407269803)
[Minor] 4072698: Enable mitigations to help protect against speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities - Windows Server 2008 / Windows Server 2008 R2 / Windows Server 2012 / Windows Server 2012 R2 / Windows 2016 (ID: 407269801)

Reason for Update:

Categories of Fixlets for KB4072698 were updated to “Security Advisory”.
Fixlets for KB2934016 were updated due to Relevance false positive.

Actions to Take:

None

Published site version:

Patches for Windows, version 2940.

Additional links:

None

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