Microsoft Security Advisory Notification Issued: March 13, 2018

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Title: Microsoft Security Advisory Notification
Issued: March 13, 2018
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Security Advisories Released or Updated on March 13 ===================================================================
 
* Microsoft Security Advisory ADV180002
 
 - Title: Guidance to mitigate speculative execution side-channel
   vulnerabilities
 - https:https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/
   advisory/ADV180002
 - Reason for Revision: The following updates have been made:

1. Microsoft has released security updates for Windows Server 2008

   and Windows Server 2012 to provide mitigations against the
   vulnerabilities discussed in this advisory. See the Affected
   Products table for links to download and install the updates.
   Note that these updates are also available via Windows Update.

1. Microsoft has also released security updates to provide

   additional protections for the 32-bit (x86) versions of Windows
   7 and Windows 8.1. These updates are included in the March
   Security Only and Monthly Rollup updates. See the Affected Products
   table for links to download and install the updates. 3. Updated
   FAQ #14 to announce that the following stand-alone updates for
   Windows 10 are available via the Microsoft Update Catalog. These
   updates include microcode updates from Intel: For devices running
   Windows 10 Version 1703, for the latest available microcode updates
   see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 4091663 (https://support.
   microsoft.com/en-us/help/4091663). For devices running Windows 10
   Version 1607 and Windows Server 2016, for the latest available
   microcode updates see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 4091664
   (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4091664). For devices
   running Windows 10, for the the latest available microcode updates
   see Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 4091666 (https://support.
   microsoft.com/en-us/help/4091666). 4. Corrected FAQ #12 to better
   describe what customers need to do if they have not installed the
   January or February 2018 Security Only updates, and they want to be
   protected from the vulnerabilities described in this advisory.
 
 - Originally posted: January 3, 2018
 - Updated: March 13, 2018
 - Version: 14.0
 
 
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