Applies ToWindows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Release Date:

9/07/2019

Version:

Security-only update

July 19, 2019 - IMPORTANT: Beginning with the July 2019 updates, Active Directory domain controllers will intentionally block unconstrained delegation across forest, external, and quarantined trusts. Authentication requests for services that use unconstrained delegation over the listed trust types will fail when you request new tickets. Administrators should reconfigure the affected services to use resource-based constrained delegation. For more information, see KB4490425.

Improvements and fixes

This security update includes quality improvements. Key changes include:

  • Provides protections against a variant (CVE-2019-1125) of the Spectre Variant 1 speculative execution side channel vulnerability.

  • Security updates to Windows Server, Microsoft Graphics Component, Windows Shell, Windows Input and Composition, and Windows Kernel.

For more information about the resolved security vulnerabilities, please refer to the Security Update Guide

Known issues in this update

Symptom

Workaround

Devices that start up using Preboot Execution Environment (PXE) images from Windows Deployment Services (WDS) or System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) may fail to start with the error "Status: 0xc0000001, Info: A required device isn't connected or can't be accessed" after installing this update on a WDS server.

This issue is resolved in KB4512499.

How to get this update

Before installing this update

Microsoft strongly recommends you install the latest servicing stack update (SSU) for your operating system before installing the latest Rollup. SSUs improve the reliability of the update process to mitigate potential issues while installing the Rollup and applying Microsoft security fixes. 

If you are using Windows Update, the latest SSU (KB4493730) will be offered to you automatically. To get the standalone package for the latest SSU, search for it in the Microsoft Update Catalog

Install this update

Release Channel

Available

Next Step

Windows Update and Microsoft Update

No

See the other options below.

Microsoft Update Catalog

Yes

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Windows Server Update Services (WSUS)

Yes

This update will automatically synchronize with WSUS if you configure Products and Classifications as follows:

Product:  Windows Server 2008 Service Pack 2

Classification: Security Updates

 

File information

For a list of the files that are provided in this update, download the file information for update 4507461

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