Patchday September 2017: Updates for Windows 7/8.1

[German]Microsoft has released several updates on September 12, 2017 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows 8.1 and its corresponding server versions. Here are a few details about those updates.

Updates for Windows 7 SP1/Server 2008 R2 SP1

Microsoft released updates KB4038777 and KB4038779 for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1. The Windows 7 update history may be found on this Microsoft page.

KB403877  (Monthly Rollup) for Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1

Update KB4038777 (September 12, 2017, Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) contains quality improvements and fixes:

• Addressed issue where applications that have LDAP referral chasing options enabled use a TCP dynamic port connection that doesn't close until the applications close or the calling OS restarts. With sufficient time and volume, these applications may completely consume all TCP dynamic ports. If that occurs, network communications will fail for any protocol or operation that uses dynamic ports. This issue was introduced by the July and August 2017 cumulative updates, starting with KB4025337 and KB4025341.
• Updates to Internet Explorer 11's navigation bar with search box.
• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where undo is broken if character conversion is canceled using IME.
• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where graphics render incorrectly.
• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where the Delete key functioned improperly.
• Re-release of MS16-087- Security update for Windows print spooler components.
• Security updates to Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Windows shell, Windows Hyper-V, Windows kernel, Windows Virtualization, and Internet Explorer.

The package will be offered via Windows Update and via Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft lists as a known issue WordPad crashes. This is under investigation.

KB4038779 (Security-only update) for Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 SP1

Update KB4038779 (September 12, 2017, Security Only Quality Update for Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1) addresses the following issues:

• Addressed issue where applications that have LDAP referral chasing options enabled use a TCP dynamic port connection that doesn't close until the applications close or the calling OS restarts. With sufficient time and volume, these applications may completely consume all TCP dynamic ports. If that occurs, network communications will fail for any protocol or operation that uses dynamic ports. This issue was introduced by the July and August 2017 cumulative updates starting with KB4025337 and KB4025341.
• Re-release of MS16-087- Security update for Windows print spooler components.
• Security updates to Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Windows shell, Windows Hyper-V, Windows kernel, and Windows Virtualization.

This update doesn't contain IE 11 patches. This Update is available via WSUS and in Microsoft Update Catalog. Microsoft lists as a known issue WordPad crashes. This is under investigation.

Updates for Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2

Microsoft has released updates KB4038792 and KB4038793  for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2. The update history for Windows 8.1 may be found at this Microsoft site.

KB4038792 (Monthly Rollup) for Windows 8.1/Windows Server 2012 R2

Update KB4038792 (September 12, 2017 Security Monthly Quality Rollup for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2) fixes security issues and addresses the following topics:

• Updates to Internet Explorer 11's navigation bar with search box.
• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where undo is broken if character conversion is canceled using IME.
• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where graphics render incorrectly.
• Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where the Delete key functioned improperly.
• Addressed issue in NPS server where EAP TLS authentication was broken.
• Re-release of MS16-087- Security update for Windows print spooler components.
• Security updates to Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Windows shell, Microsoft Uniscribe, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Windows TPM, Windows Hyper-V, Windows kernel, Windows DHCP Server, and Internet Explorer.

This update is available via Windows Update and as download within Microsoft Update Catalog. After update installation japanese Input Mode editor may hang.

A blog reader reported, that Update KB4038792 is causing error 0x8020002E. Solutions are: Try a reboot, run update trouble shooter and check, whether the update services are running.

KB4038793 (Security-only update) for Windows 8.1/Server 2012 R2

Update KB4038793 (September, 12, 2017 Security Only Quality Update for Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2) addresses the following issues.

• Re-release of MS16-087- Security update for Windows print spooler components.
• Security updates to Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Windows shell, Microsoft Uniscribe, Microsoft Windows PDF Library, Windows TPM, Windows Hyper-V, Windows kernel, and the Windows DHCP Server.

It will be offered via WSUS and via Microsoft Update Catalog. It doesn't have IE 11 fixes and no fix for the NPS authentification bug. Microsoft has published a workaround for the NPS bug in KB4038793. After update installation japanese Input Mode editor may hang.

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