Fixes a problem in which SQLDUMPER.EXE-initiated dumps take a long time to finish in SQL Server 2017 on Linux.

When you use DBCC STACKDUMP command to generate a SQLDUMPER.EXE initiated dump starting from Cumulative Update 9 (CU 9) for SQL Server 2017 to Cumulative Update 13 (CU 13) for SQL Server 2017, you may notice that it doesn't work.

This update is available through the Microsoft Download Center website, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), or the Microsoft Update Catalog website. Note: This update will not be downloaded and installed automatically via Windows Update (unless you are using WSUS).

Microsoft is aware of a new publicly disclosed class of vulnerabilities that are referred to as “speculative execution side-channel attacks” that affect many modern processors and operating systems including Intel, AMD, and ARM. To learn more about the vulnerability, go to ADV180002.

Symptoms. When you run a distributed query that uses a linked server in Microsoft SQL Server 2005 or in Microsoft SQL Server 2008, the execution fails. Additionally, you receive the following error message: OLE DB provider "SQLNCLI" for linked server " Linked Server " returned message "No transaction is active.".

This update contains fixes that were released after the release of SQL Server 2012 SP3. Notes. Cumulative updates are now available at the Microsoft Download Center. Only the most recent cumulative update that was released for SQL Server SP3 is available at the Download Center.

SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2 is not successfully updated when you try to install or to uninstall a security update. 967095. The Windows Internal Database (WYukon) is removed when you use the Add or Remove Programs item in Control Panel to uninstall a security update for SQL Server 2005.

How to obtain Cumulative Update 7 for SQL Server 2005 Service Pack 2. A supported cumulative update package is now available from Microsoft. However, it is intended to correct only the problems that are described in this article. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing these specific problems.

This article describes cumulative update package 3 (Build number: 11.0.6537.0) for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Service Pack 3 (SP3). This update contains fixes that were released after the release of SQL Server 2012 SP3. Cumulative updates are now available at the Microsoft Download Center.

For all supported editions of SQL Server 7.0 Service Pack 4. Resolves four privately disclosed vulnerabilities. The more serious of the vulnerabilities could allow an attacker to run code and to take complete control of the system.