[German]Microsoft has released on March 12, 2020 an out-of-band security update KB4551762 for the SMBv3 vulnerability CVE-2020-0796 in Windows 10 and Windows Server.
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Windows 10: Patch for SMBv3 Vulnerability CVE-2020-0796
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