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Posted on Tuesday February 10, 2015 | security alerts
Revision Note: V1.0 (February 10, 2015): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows Server 2012 that expands the Audit Process Creation policy to include the command information passed to every process. This is a new feature that provides valuable information to help administrators monitor, troubleshoot, and investigate security-related activities on their networks. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 3004375.
Posted on Tuesday November 11, 2014 | security alerts
Revision Note: V2.0 (November 11, 2014): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of a vulnerability. We have issued Microsoft Security Bulletin MS14-064 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review the security bulletin. The vulnerability addressed is the Windows OLE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability - CVE-2014-6352.
Posted on Friday October 17, 2014 | security alerts
Revision Note: V2.0 (October 17, 2014): Removed Download Center links for Microsoft security update 2949927. Microsoft recommends that customers experiencing issues uninstall this update. Microsoft is investigating behavior associated with this update, and will update the advisory when more information becomes available.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for all supported editions of Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to add support for SHA-2 signing and verification functionality. Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows RT, and Windows RT 8.1 do not require this update as SHA-2 signing and verification functionality is already included in these operating systems. This update is not available for Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, or Windows Server 2008
Posted on Tuesday October 14, 2014 | security alerts
Revision Note: V1.0 (October 14, 2014): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for supported editions of Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows Server 2012, and Windows RT for the Microsoft Extensible Authentication Protocol (EAP) implementation that enables the use of Transport Layer Security (TLS) 1.1 or 1.2 through the modification of the system registry. For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 2977292.
Posted on Tuesday September 09, 2014 | security alerts
Revision Note: V2.0 (September 9, 2014): Advisory rereleased to announce the offering of the security update via Microsoft Update, in addition to the Download-Center-only option that was provided when this advisory was originally released.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for Microsoft ASP.NET to address a vulnerability in ASP.NET view state that exists when Machine Authentication Code (MAC) validation is disabled through configuration settings. The vulnerability could allow elevation of privilege and affects all supported versions of Microsoft .NET Framework except .NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2 and Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 Service Pack 1.
Posted on Tuesday July 29, 2014 | security alerts
Revision Note: V1.4 (July 29, 2014): Revised advisory to announce that Microsoft no longer plans to enforce the stricter verification behavior as a default functionality on supported releases of Microsoft Windows. It remains available as an opt-in feature. See the Advisory FAQ section for more information.
Summary: Microsoft is announcing the availability of an update for all supported releases of Microsoft Windows to change how signatures are verified for binaries signed with the Windows Authenticode signature format. The change is included with Security Bulletin MS13-098, but will only be enabled on an opt-in basis. When enabled, the new default behavior for Windows Authenticode signature verification will no longer allow extraneous information in the WIN_CERTIFICATE structure, and Windows will no longer recognize non-compliant binaries as signed.
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