October 10, 2023—KB5031441 (Security-only update)

Summary

Learn more about this security-only update, including improvements, any known issues, and how to get the update.

Improvements

This update makes improvements for the following issues:

• Addresses an issue in whcih an external bind might fail after Windows updates released on or after May 2023 are installed. This leads to issues with Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) queries and authentication.

• This update includes daylight saving time (DST) changes for Greenland. For more information, see the Daylight Saving Time & Time Zone Blog.

For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Deployments | Security Update Guide and the October 2023 Security Updates.

Known issues in this update

How to get this update

Before installing this update

IMPORTANT Customers who get an additional fourth year of free extended security updates (ESUs) only on Azure for versions of these operating systems must follow the procedures in KB4522133 to continue receiving security updates.

For more information about ESU and which editions are supported, see KB4497181.

Note For Windows Embedded Standard 7, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) must be enabled to get updates from Windows Update or Windows Server Update Services.

Language packs

If you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update.

Learn about adding a language pack to Windows

Prerequisite

You must install the updates listed below and restart your device before installing the latest Monthly Rollup. Installing these updates improves the reliability of the update process and mitigates potential issues while installing the Monthly Rollup and applying Microsoft security fixes.

1. The March 12, 2019 servicing stack update (SSU) (KB4490628). To get the standalone package for this SSU, search for it in the Microsoft Update Catalog. This update is required to install updates that are only SHA-2 signed.

2. The latest SHA-2 update (KB4474419) released September 10, 2019. If you are using Windows Update, the latest SHA-2 update will be offered to you automatically. This update is required to install updates that are only SHA-2 signed. For more information on SHA-2 updates, see 2019 SHA-2 Code Signing Support requirement for Windows and WSUS.

3. To get this security update, you must reinstall the "Extended Security Updates (ESU) Licensing Preparation Package" (KB5016892) for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 that is dated August 8, 2022 even if you previously installed the ESU key. The ESU licensing preparation package will be offered to you from WSUS. To get the standalone package for ESU licensing preparation package, search for it in the Microsoft Update Catalog.

4. After you install the items above, we strongly recommend that you install the latest SSU.
   
   For Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, you must have the servicing stack update (SSU) (KB5031658) or a later SSU update installed. For more information about the latest SSU updates, see ADV990001 | Latest Servicing Stack Updates.
   
   If you use Windows Update, the latest SSU will be offered to you automatically if you are an ESU customer. To get the standalone package for the latest SSU, search for it in the Microsoft Update Catalog. For general information about SSUs, see Servicing stack updates and Servicing Stack Updates (SSU): Frequently Asked Questions.

5. Download the ESU MAK add-on key from the VLSC portal and deploy and activate the ESU MAK add-on key. If you use the Volume Activation Management Tool  (VAMT) to deploy and activate keys, follow the instructions here.
   
   IMPORTANT You do not need an additional key for deployment of the following:

   • You do not need to deploy an additional ESU key for Azure virtual machines (VMs), Azure Stack HCI.

   • For other Azure products such as Azure VMWare, Azure Nutanix solution Azure Stack (Hub, Edge), or for bring-your-own images on Azure for Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 you do need to deploy the ESU key.  The steps to install, activate, and deploy ESUs are the same for the fourth year of ESU coverage.

Install this update

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update KB5031441.

References

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