Patch Release – May 2020
Question
Team,
I could see that there are no security/critical updates released for this month.
If anyone help me with blog which can give more info on how microsoft releases patches that would be helpful for me.
For example – What is monthly quality updates , what is semi annual quality updates. What are all update category available.
Answers ( 4 )
Yes, there are critical and security updates for servers for May 2020 Patch Tuesday.
Security Update Overview:
On May 12, 2020, Microsoft released security updates affecting the following Microsoft products:
Product Family Maximum Severity Maximum Impact Associated KB Articles and/or Support Webpages
Windows 10 v1909, v1903, v1809, v1803, v1709 Critical Remote Code Execution Windows 10 v1903 and Windows 10 v1909: 4556799;
Windows 10 v1809: 4551853;
Windows 10 v1803: 4556807;
Windows 10 v1709: 4556812
Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2016, and Server Core installations (2019, 2016, v1909, v1903, and v1803) Critical Remote Code Execution Windows Server 2019: 4551853;
Windows Server 2016: 4556813;
Windows Server v1903 and Windows Server v1909: 4556799;
Windows Server v1803: 4556807
Windows 8.1 , Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows Server 2012 Critical Remote Code Execution Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Monthly Rollup: 4556846;
Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Security Only: 4556853;
Windows Server 2012 Monthly Rollup: 4556840;
Windows Server 2012 Security Only: 4556852
Internet Explorer Critical Remote Code Execution Internet Explorer Cumulative Update: 4556798
Microsoft Office-related software Important Remote Code Execution KB Articles associated with Microsoft Office: 4484384; 4484365; 4484338
Microsoft SharePoint-related software Critical Remote Code Execution KB Articles associated with Microsoft SharePoint: 4484364; 4484332; 4484336; 4484352; 4484383
Microsoft Dynamics-related software Important Spoofing KB Articles associated with Microsoft Dynamics-related software: 4552002; 4551998
.NET Framework-related software Important Elevation of Privilege KB Articles associated with Microsoft .NET Framework-related software: 4552926; 4552928; 4552929; 4552931; 4556399; 4556400; 4556401; 4556402; 4556403; 4556404; 4556405; 4556406; 4556441; 4556807; 4556812; 4556813; 4556826
Visual Studio-related software Critical Remote Code Execution For more information about security updates for Visual Studio, please visit https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance
ChakraCore Critical Remote Code Execution ChakraCore is the core part of Chakra, the high-performance JavaScript engine that powers Microsoft Edge and Windows applications written in HTML/CSS/JS. More information is available at https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/wiki and https://github.com/Microsoft/ChakraCore/releases/.
Power BI Report Server Important Spoofing For more information about security updates for Power BI Report Server, please visit https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance
Note: updates may have been added or removed from the release after this content was finalized.
For additional details, see the release notes at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/2020-may.
A summary of current updates is also available at: https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/summary.
Thanks. I gone through that. Is security update and cumulative update both are separate.
Check out this for patch terms
https://support.microsoft.com/en-in/help/824684/description-of-the-standard-terminology-that-is-used-to-describe-micro
I could see that there are no security/critical updates released for “Servers” for this month.