[BESAdmin-Announcements] Content Modification in Patches for Windows

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Content in the Patches for Windows site has been modified:


Modified Fixlets:

[Major] 4073576: Unbootable state for AMD devices in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows 8.1 - KB4073576	(ID: 407357605)
[Major] 4073576: Unbootable state for AMD devices in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows 8.1 - KB4073576 (x64)	(ID: 407357603)
[Major] 4073576: Unbootable state for AMD devices in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4073576 (x64)	(ID: 407357601)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows 7 SP1 - KB4056897	(ID: 405689705)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows 7 SP1 - KB4056897 (x64)	(ID: 405689701)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows 8.1 - KB4056898 (V2.0)	(ID: 405689811)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows 8.1 - KB4056898 (x64) (V2.0)	(ID: 405689809)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 - KB4056897 (x64)	(ID: 405689703)
[Major] MS18-JAN: Security Only Quality Update - Security Only - Windows Server 2012 R2 - KB4056898 (x64) (V2.0)	(ID: 405689807)
[Major] MS15-058: Vulnerabilities in SQL Server Could Allow Remote Code Execution - SQL Server 2008 R2 SP3 - GDR Branch - KB3045316 (x64)	(ID: 1505839)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Excel 2007	(ID: 405344003)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Excel 2010	(ID: 405344005)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Excel 2013	(ID: 405344001)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Excel 2016	(ID: 405344007)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Outlook 2010	(ID: 405344013)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Outlook 2013	(ID: 405344011)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Outlook 2016	(ID: 405344009)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Outlook/Word 2007	(ID: 405344015)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Word 2010	(ID: 405344021)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Word 2013	(ID: 405344019)
[Minor] 4053440: Security Advisory: Securely opening Microsoft Office documents that contain Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE) fields - Enable Workaround (Disable DDE feature) - Word 2016	(ID: 405344017)


Reason for Update:

Fixlet for MS15-058 was updated due to Relevance false negative.
Category for Fixlets of KB4053440 was updated to maintain consistency.
January Security Only update Fixlets have been modified such that AMD systems can now apply them, provided that KB4073576 or KB4073578 is installed on the respective operating system.


Actions to Take:

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Published site version:

Patches for Windows, version 2938.


Additional links:

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