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Microsoft Patches Critical SMBv3 Protocol Vulnerability

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Microsoft at present launched updates to Windows 10 patching a important vulnerability present in its Server Message Block (SMB) model Three protocol. Released to Windows 10 variations 1903 and 1909, the Cumulative Update KB4551762 features a patched SMB 3.1.1 protocol element. The replace mitigates a safety vulnerability with SMBv3 chronicled below CVE-2020-0796, which enabled distant code execution. “To exploit the vulnerability against a server, an unauthenticated attacker could send a specially crafted packet to a targeted SMBv3 server. To exploit the vulnerability against a client, an unauthenticated attacker would need to configure a malicious SMBv3 server and convince a user to connect to it,” reads the Microsoft safety advisory. To get the replace, merely make Windows Update “check for updates,” or get the msu information from the hyperlink under.

DOWNLOAD: Windows 10 and Windows Server Cumulative Update KB4551762



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