It’s the second Tuesday of July which means it’s Patch Tuesday, and it is time to download Microsoft’s monthly batch of fixes and corrections for your version of Windows 10.
For Windows 2004, 20H2 and 20H1 this is KB5004237 which takes the OS to Builds 19041.1110, 19042.1110, and 19043.1110 respectively.
The update has the following highlights:
■ Updates for verifying usernames and passwords.
■ Updates to improve security when Windows performs basic operations.
■ Updates an issue that might make printing to certain printers difficult. This issue affects
various brands and models, but primarily receipt or label printers that connect using a USB
port.
For Windows 10, version 2004 KB5004237 brings the following fixes:
■ Addresses an issue that might make printing to certain printers difficult. This issue affects
various brands and models, but primarily receipt or label printers that connect using a USB
port.
■ Removes support for the PerformTicketSignature setting and permanently enables
Enforcement mode for CVE-2020-17049. For more information and steps to enable full
protection on domain controller servers, see Managing deployment of Kerberos S4U changes
for CVE-2020-17049.
■ Adds Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption protections for CVE-2021-33757. For
more information, see KB5004605.
■ Addresses a vulnerability in which Primary Refresh Tokens are not strongly encrypted. This
issue might allow the tokens to be reused until the token expires or is renewed. For more
information about this issue, see CVE-2021-33779.
■ Security updates to Windows Apps, Windows Management, Windows Fundamentals, Windows
Authentication, Windows User Account Control (UAC), Operating System Security, Windows
Virtualization, Windows Linux, the Windows Kernel, the Microsoft Scripting Engine, the
Windows HTML Platforms, the Windows MSHTML Platform, and Windows Graphics.
The update also has the following known issues:
▲NO Links are activated▲For Windows 10 version 21H1 and 20H2, KB5004237 includes all the improvements from Windows 10, version 2004, and no additional issues were documented for this release.
To download the update you can Check for Updates in Settings, or to get the standalone package for this update, go to the
Microsoft Update Catalog website.
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