{"id":6677,"date":"2017-02-17T10:30:05","date_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/news-496\/"},"modified":"2017-02-17T10:30:05","modified_gmt":"2017-02-17T18:30:05","slug":"news-496","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.palada.net\/index.php\/2017\/02\/17\/news-496\/","title":{"rendered":"IDG Contributor Network: Why February's Patch Tuesday is delayed"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:52:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

After a short break since our Patch Tuesday Debugged<\/em> analysis in January, it looks like we are going to have some delay with Patch Tuesday in February<\/a> due to a last minute technical<\/a> issue with the Microsoft release process. <\/p>\n

Microsoft had previously indicated that it was going to change the update process for security-related fixes this month — and a bug discovered during this process change may have caused the delay. Chris Goettl<\/a> from Ivanti, offers this: \u201cIn the hours since Microsoft announced it was going to postpone Update Tuesday I have had a number of people asking if this delay was related to Microsoft\u2019s change to a cumulative update model. If it were just one update that was delayed I would agree, but with all updates being delayed I think it is more of a Windows Update Services infrastructure issue.” I would tend to agree. <\/p>\n

Though at present this is pure speculation<\/a>, I expect that Patch Tuesday is likely to happen next week on February 21.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

This month’s update cycle from Microsoft is especially important as a now\u00a0critical\u00a0zero-day<\/a>\u00a0vulnerability (CVE867968<\/a>) has been reported related to how a component of the Microsoft SMB<\/a> protocol handles traffic. This was initially reported as a denial of service attack<\/a>, but now looks like to be rated as critical by Microsoft as it may lead to a more serious (RCE<\/a>) remote code execution scenario. Expect this update — when Microsoft delivers it — to be a “Patch Now” update for all Microsoft platforms (server and desktops). <\/p>\n

For those that are not using modern “evergreen” browsers such as Microsoft Edge or Google Chrome, please download the latest Flash update here<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Watch this space for an in-depth analysis of this month’s Microsoft Update Tuesday, coming next week. <\/p>\n

This article is published as part of the IDG Contributor Network. Want to Join?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Credit to Author: Greg Lambert| Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2017 09:52:00 -0800<\/strong><\/p>\n

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After a short break since our Patch Tuesday Debugged<\/em> analysis in January, it looks like we are going to have some delay with Patch Tuesday in February<\/a> due to a last minute technical<\/a> issue with the Microsoft release process.<\/p>\n

Microsoft had previously indicated that it was going to change the update process for security-related fixes this month — and a bug discovered during this process change may have caused the delay. Chris Goettl<\/a> from Ivanti, offers this: \u201cIn the hours since Microsoft announced it was going to postpone Update Tuesday I have had a number of people asking if this delay was related to Microsoft\u2019s change to a cumulative update model. If it were just one update that was delayed I would agree, but with all updates being delayed I think it is more of a Windows Update Services infrastructure issue.” I would tend to agree.<\/p>\n

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