![]() As usual, we haven’t seen any immediately exploited security holes, with the possible exception of SharePoint Server 20. Something in there about counting chickens before they’re hatched.Īs usual, we had dire warnings galore from the usual patch-right-now sources (“Microsoft warns beeeelions of customers to patch immediately!”). Then there’s the security patch for Microsoft Dynamics 365 Commerce, CVE-2020-16943, that was announced but never appeared. There was a security hole plug specifically for Visual Studio programmers, CVE-2020-17023. It continues to astound me that a mainstream product from a major manufacturer isn’t tested before the cumulative updates roll out. HP released a Win10 update-friendly version a couple of days later. HP’s Secure Click Enterprise started falling over immediately after installing this month’s Windows cumulative updates. The day after Patch Tuesday, Microsoft announced a(nother) fix for a security hole in the HEVC codec - CVE-2020-17022 - distributed, once again, only through the Microsoft Store. Strange things happened, though, outside the usual monthly patching schedule. The cumulative updates went in with few reports of problems, although there were many complaints about printers not working after the update. ![]() For the first time in recent memory, there were none at all for Internet Explorer or the (Chromium-based) Edge browser. ![]() October 2020 brought a lighter-than-usual crop of patches.
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