[German]There are serious vulnerabilities in Cisco's AnyConnect, DNA Center, Email Security Appliance, Meeting Server Small Business Switches and Unified Intelligence Center products that could allow attackers to gain root privileges and execute their own code. Cisco has released corresponding security updates to close vulnerabilities CVE-2021-1541, CVE-2021-1542, CVE-2021-1543.
Microsoft announced yesterday on Twitter a second event for developers for June 24, 2021, (15:00 ET). The event thing will be broadcasted live on YouTube.
The developers of the Windows editor Notepad++ had to follow up the release of version 8.0 (dated June 7, I'd omitted) with a bugfix update to version 8.1 as of June 17. The release notes list problem with the auto-complete performance and a dialog with the "Save" label for the "Open" button.
[German]Systems running Windows 7 SP1 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will no longer receive driver updates via Windows Update as of June 17, 2021. Microsoft has just announced this in a Techcommunity post. The reason is an expired SHA-1 certificate. However, manufacturers can still offer drivers with SHA-2 signature, but this can lead to problems.
[German]Google has released Google Chrome 91.0.4472.114 for Windows, Mac and Linux on June 17, 2021. It is a security update that fixes 4 vulnerabilities in older browser versions at once. The browser should be patched quickly, as a 0-day vulnerability CVE-2021-30554, which is rated as high, is already being exploited in the wild.
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[German]Today a blog post about a crude problem reported to me by a user (thanks for pointing it out). The Microsoft Outlook 2013 used in the environment seems to have problems under Windows 10 from version 2004, if one is installed with virtualization software and an upgrade is performed from an older build. The mail client can no longer connect to an Exchange server.
[German]I'm compiling some information for Windows 10 admins and supporters regarding Servicing Stack Updates (SSUs). There is a new Servicing Stack Update (SSU) KB5003974 dated June 15, 2021 for Windows 10 version 1909. In addition, the SSU dated June 8, 2021 is probably causing issues, and there is a pitfall with the SSUs integrated in LCUs in Windows 10 version 2004, 20H1.
[German]German blog reader Carsten W. has already pointed out to me a few days ago a problem that was bothering him a bit. A virtual machine with Windows Server 2019 running under VMware ESX had gone bye-bye with a blue screen and also did not boot anymore. The cause is Windows Defender.
[German]The Mozilla developers have released version 89.0.1 of the Firefox browser on June 17, 2021. It is a maintenance update that is supposed to fix bugs.
[German]As of June 15, 2021, Microsoft has published another advisory regarding revisions to previous vulnerabilities. It is about a Microsoft Office Graphics Remote Code Execution vulnerability and a Windows Kernel-Mode Driver Elevation of Privilege vulnerability that have been reassessed. I'll just post that information here on the blog in case it's not already known.
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