IBM BigFix Patch: Content Release: Patches for Windows published 2017-09-13

Release Announcements Patch (Release Announcements)
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Content in the Patches for Windows Site has been released.

New Fixlets:

Fixlets for September Microsoft Security Updates
[Major] Disable Solution to CVE-2017-8529 - Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 / Windows Server 2008 SP2 / 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 (ID: 170852901)
[Major] Enable Solution to CVE-2017-8529 - Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 / Windows Server 2008 SP2 / 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 (ID: 170852903)
[Major] MS16-087: Security Update for Windows Server 2008 - Windows Server 2008 SP2 - KB3170455 (V2.0) (ID: 317045501)
[Major] MS16-087: Security Update for Windows Server 2008 - Windows Server 2008 SP2 - KB3170455 (x64) (V2.0) (ID: 317045503)

Reason for Update:

Microsoft has released Security updates for September 2017.
Users may use Fixlets 170852901 and 170852903 to enable/disable the solution to CVE-2017-8529. See https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2017-8529.
Microsoft has re-released KB3170455 for Windows Server 2008.

Actions to Take:

None

Published site version:

Patches for Windows, version 2832.

Additional links:

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance

Important notes:
None

Application Engineering Team
IBM BigFix

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To clarify some confusion -

During Sept Patch Tuesday, there are 3 parts of content released by BigFix Patch.

New Security Updates

Fixlets for September Microsoft Security Updates

Reason for Update:

Microsoft has released Security updates for September 2017.

User can search “MS17-SEP” in BigFix console to locate all newly released content.

Note： If user want to check content for a specific CVE ID, Custom Filters function in BigFix Console can be used.

Revision of CVE-2017-8529

The original content for CVE-2017-8529 was released in Jun 2017.

In Sep 2017, there is a revision for CVE-2017-8529. BigFix has released two settings to reflect the revision.

[Major] Disable Solution to CVE-2017-8529 - Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 / Windows Server 2008 SP2 / 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 (ID: 170852901)
[Major] Enable Solution to CVE-2017-8529 - Windows 7 SP1 / 8.1 / 10 / Windows Server 2008 SP2 / 2008 R2 SP1 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 (ID: 170852903)

Re-release of KB3170455 for Windows Server 2008 SP2.

The corresponding fixlets are -

[Major] MS16-087: Security Update for Windows Server 2008 - Windows Server 2008 SP2 - KB3170455 (V2.0) (ID: 317045501)
[Major] MS16-087: Security Update for Windows Server 2008 - Windows Server 2008 SP2 - KB3170455 (x64) (V2.0) (ID: 317045503)