{"id":11341,"date":"2019-10-05T02:12:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T00:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/159.69.82.204\/win\/?p=11341"},"modified":"2024-10-03T00:41:22","modified_gmt":"2024-10-02T22:41:22","slug":"windows-ie-issues-and-confusion-with-updates-from-10-03-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/borncity.com\/win\/2019\/10\/05\/windows-ie-issues-and-confusion-with-updates-from-10-03-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows\/IE: Issues and confusion with updates (10\/03\/2019)"},"content":{"rendered":"

[German<\/a>]Microsoft has released a cumulative security update for Internet Explorer on October 3, 2019, as well as an optional bug fix update for various Windows versions to fix the printer bug. At the end of the day, it turns out that the updates raise more questions and problems than they solve.<\/p>\n

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\"\"In the night from October 3 to October 4, 2019, I summarized hints about these updates in the following two blog posts.<\/p>\n

Internet Explorer: Cumulative Update KB4524135 (10\/03\/2019)<\/a>
\nWindows Updates fixes printer bug (Oct. 3, 2019)<\/a><\/p>\n

The comments I received to those articles (German, English) reveals inconsistencies and additional errors. Here is an outline of the situation.<\/p>\n

Internet Explorer updates knitted with a hot needle?<\/h2>\n

Cumulative security supdate KB4524135<\/a> for Internet Explorer 9 till 11 shall fix a vulnerability CVE-2019-1367 (that became public in September) in older Windows versions (Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Server pendants).<\/p>\n

I have given some hints in the blog post Internet Explorer: Cumulative Update KB4524135 (10\/03\/2019)<\/a>. It also mentions the Windows versions that this update applies to. For Windows 10, the fix for the vulnerability is provided through cumulative updates for the various Windows 10 builds.<\/p>\n

Microsoft already writes in support article KB4524135<\/a> that Internet Explorer displays an incorrect update installed.<\/p>\n

On Windows 7, the \"About Internet Explorer\" dialog box in Internet Explorer 11 may list a different KB number, even when you have KB4524135 installed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Exactly this discussion has originated within my German blog<\/a>. In this comment<\/a>, Blog reader Bolko tries to unravel Microsoft's inconsitencies with various patches (the KB number used in the update's internal metafiles has not been adapted to the KB number under which the patch was released).<\/p>\n

As a result, the rollup update KB4524157<\/a> installs the older IE11 version 11.0.9600.19503, while the IE 11 update KB4524135<\/a> installs version 1.0.9600.19504.<\/p>\n

The printer bug and other issues<\/h2>\n

Even more confusing is the situation with Microsoft's attempt to solve the printer problem (see my blog post Windows: Printer issues after Sept. 2019 Update confirmed<\/a>) in Windows, which was caused by September updates, with subsequent updates.<\/p>\n

In the blog post Windows Updates fixes printer bug (Oct. 3, 2019)<\/a>, I enlisted the updates available for the various Windows versions. There was a hint from me that the first feedback I got, was that the printer bug wasn't fixed for all users. If I go into the comments I received for my blog post, I see the following picture:<\/p>\n