Microsoft Security Bulletin Release for August 2014

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Microsoft released nine (9) bulletins. Two of the bulletins are identified as Critical with the remaining seven as Important. The updates address 37 Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures (CVEs) in SQL Server, OneNote, SharePoint, .NET, Windows and Internet Explorer (IE). Reminder to those who have problems with .NET updates to install separately with a restart between other updates.

Refer to the MMPC blog post for information about the update to MSRT.

Other important information this month includes a change to updates to Windows 8.1, revised end-of-life for Internet Explorer and .NET Framework, and a 30-day delay to blocking outdated ActiveX controls in IE. Links to those articles as well as the Security Bulletin and other information are available in my blog post, Microsoft Security Bulletin Release for August 2014.

 

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For Avast users, be sure to manually update Avast before installing the updates to ensure you have the latest definitions

Reported by ky331 at LandzDown:

Avast definitions 14-08-12-0 was generating a plethora of F/P (suspicious EVO-GEN) warnings for the DOT NET 3.5.1 Framework update. It has (allegedly) been fixed with the release of avast definition update 14-08-12-2

 

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For Avast users, be sure to manually update Avast before installing the updates to ensure you have the latest definitions

Reported by ky331 at LandzDown:

Avast definitions 14-08-12-0 was generating a plethora of F/P (suspicious EVO-GEN) warnings for the DOT NET 3.5.1 Framework update. It has (allegedly) been fixed with the release of avast definition update 14-08-12-2

I bumped into that F/P about 3 hours ago, reported it and then worked around it by turning off Avast permanently as there wasn't a later update available then. Avast was re-enabled once the updates were installed and after a successful reboot and has since been updated to 14-08-12-3.