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Updated onDecember 5, 2018
updated onDecember 5, 2018
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In this article, we are going to be looking at two more November 2018Patch Tuesdayupdates–KB4467702andKB4467686. Both theseupdatesare quality improvementupdates– developer tools fixes and fixing some vulnerabilities. They do not contain any new operating system features.
KB4467702 OS Build 17134.407
Improvements and Fixes
The KB4467702 (OS Build 17134.407)updateincludes the following improvements:
Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren’t enabled by default.
Other fixes include:
Security updatesfor the following programs are also included in this package:
KB4467702 issues:
The three known issues on the list are as follows:
There are no workarounds for these issues. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide anupdatein an upcoming release. However, for issue #2 attempting to set application defaults again may succeed.
To get the stand-alone package for thisupdate, go to theMicrosoft Update Catalogwebsite.Go toMicrosoft’s official support pageto learn more about this patch.
KB4467686 OS Build 16299.785
Improvements and Fixes
The KB4467686: (OS Build 16299.785) update includes the following improvement:
Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren’t enabled by default.
Security updatesfor the following programs are also included in this package:
KB4467686 issues:
There is just one known issue on the list:
There are no workarounds for this issue. Microsoft is working on a resolution and will provide anupdatein an upcoming release.
To get the stand-alone package for thisupdate, go to theMicrosoft Update Catalogwebsite. For more information, check outMicrosoft’s support page.
Specific comments about theseupdates, or comments about generalupdatesare always welcome. Please post them below.
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