New cumulative updates for Windows 10 released
November 2018 patch Tuesday updates are here and let us discuss each of them in detail.
Windows 10 version 1809
Windows 10 1809, or called the October update has got KB4467708 which jumps the build number to 17763.134. Following changes are coming with this update:
- Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren’t enabled by default. For Windows client (IT pro) guidance, follow the instructions in KB4073119. For Windows Server guidance, follow the instructions in KB4072698. Use these guidance documents to enable mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639). Additionally, use the mitigations that have already been released for Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754).
- Addresses an issue that prevents users from signing in to a Microsoft account (MSA) as a different user if signing in a second time.
- Addresses an issue that denies file system access to Internet of Things (IoT) Universal Windows Platform (UWP) apps that require this capability.
- Addresses an issue that causes the on-screen keyboard to appear when running automated tests or when you install a physical keyboard.
- Security updates to Microsoft Edge, Windows Scripting, Internet Explorer, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Graphics, Windows Media, Windows Kernel, Windows Server, and Windows Wireless Networking.
Support Page and known issues
More information about this update can be found here.
There is a known issue with this update where you cannot set file associations. This is slated to be fixed in late November release.
Download
To download this update, you must install Servicing stack update for 1809 if you are trying to install it manually.
The links for the update are here:
Windows 10 version 1803
Windows 10 1803, or called the April Update has got KB4467702 which jumps the build number to 17134.407. Following changes are coming with this update:
- Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren’t enabled by default. For Windows client (IT pro) guidance, follow the instructions in KB4073119. For Windows Server guidance, follow the instructions in KB4072698. Use these guidance documents to enable mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639). Additionally, use the mitigations that have already been released for Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754).
- Addresses an issue that may prevent developer tools (F12) from starting in Microsoft Edge.
- Security updates to Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer, Windows Scripting, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Graphics, Windows Graphics, Windows Media, Windows Wireless Networking, Windows Kernel, and Windows Server .
Support Page and known issues
More information about this update can be found here.
There are two known issues:
- You cannot set file associations. This is slated to be fixed in late November release.
- After you install the August Preview of Quality Rollup or September 11, 2018 .NET Framework update, instantiation of SqlConnection can throw an exception.
Download
To download this update, you must install Servicing stack update for 1803 released yesterday if you are trying to install it manually. It can be found in the catalog for 32 bit and 64 bit.
The links for the update are here:
Windows 10 1709
Windows 10 Fall Creators update, the last supported version of Windows 10 has got KB4467686 which jumps the build number to 16299.786. Following changes are coming up with this release.
- Provides protections against an additional subclass of speculative execution side-channel vulnerability known as Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639) for AMD-based computers. These protections aren’t enabled by default. For Windows client (IT pro) guidance, follow the instructions in KB4073119. For Windows Server guidance, follow the instructions in KB4072698. Use these guidance documents to enable mitigations for Speculative Store Bypass (CVE-2018-3639). Additionally, use the mitigations that have already been released for Spectre Variant 2 (CVE-2017-5715) and Meltdown (CVE-2017-5754).
- Security updates to Windows Scripting, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows Media, Windows Graphics, Windows App Platform and Frameworks, Windows Server, Windows Kernel, and Windows Virtualization and Kernel
Support and known issues
More information about this update can be found here.
There is a known issue where after you install the August Preview of Quality Rollup or September 11, 2018 .NET Framework update, instantiation of SqlConnection can throw an exception.
Download
To download this update, you must install new Servicing stack update for 1709 if you are trying to install it manually.
The links for the update are here:
If you have troubles installing update, you can try Resetting Windows updates.