Microsoft Corporation has announced security updates for October that affect the following software:
- .NET Core & Visual Studio
- Active Directory Federation Services
- Console Window Host
- HTTP.sys
- Microsoft DWM Core Library
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Dynamics 365 Sales
- Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based)
- Microsoft Exchange Server
- Microsoft Graphics Component
- Microsoft Intune
- Microsoft Office Excel
- Microsoft Office SharePoint
- Microsoft Office Visio
- Microsoft Office Word
- Microsoft Windows Codecs Library
- Rich Text Edit Control
- Role: DNS Server
- Role: Windows Active Directory Server
- Role: Windows AD FS Server
- Role: Windows Hyper-V
- System Center
- Visual Studio
- Windows AppContainer
- Windows AppX Deployment Service
- Windows Bind Filter Driver
- Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver
- Windows Common Log File System Driver
- Windows Desktop Bridge
- Windows DirectX
- Windows Event Tracing
- Windows exFAT File System
- Windows Fastfat Driver
- Windows Installer
- Windows Kernel
- Windows MSHTML Platform
- Windows Nearby Sharing
- Windows Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Windows Print Spooler Components
- Windows Remote Procedure Call Runtime
- Windows Storage Spaces Controller
- Windows TCP/IP
- Windows Text Shaping
- Windows Win32K
Pitt Information Technology recommends that users immediately identify and install the security updates necessary to remediate these vulnerabilities by using Microsoft's Windows Update feature on their computers as soon as possible. Additional information about the updates is available on Microsoft’s Security TechCenter.
In addition, Pitt IT recommends that all students, faculty, and staff install Antivirus and Anti-Malware (Malwarebytes) Protection. Departments can submit a help request to obtain Malwarebytes for multiple machines.
Please contact the Technology Help Desk at 412-624-HELP (4357) if you have any questions regarding this announcement.