Description of the security update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016: November 8, 2022 (KB5002305)

Summary

This security update resolves a Microsoft SharePoint Server remote code execution vulnerability, Microsoft Word information disclosure vulnerability, and Microsoft Word remote code execution vulnerability. To learn more about the vulnerabilities, see the following security advisories: 

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41060

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41061

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41062

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2022-41103

This public update delivers Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2016. Feature Pack 2 contains the following feature:

• SharePoint Framework (SPFx)

This public update also delivers all the features that were included in Feature Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2016, including:

• Administrative Actions Logging

• MinRole enhancements

• SharePoint Custom Tiles

• Hybrid Taxonomy

• OneDrive API for SharePoint on-premises

• OneDrive for Business modern user experience (available to Software Assurance customers)

The OneDrive for Business modern user experience requires an active Software Assurance contract at the time that the experience is enabled, either by installation of the public update or by manual enablement. If you don't have an active Software Assurance contract at the time of enablement, you must turn off the OneDrive for Business modern user experience.

For more information, see the following Microsoft Docs articles:

• New features included in the November 2016 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 1)

• New features included in the September 2017 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 2)

Improvements and fixes

Customers using Access Services must take additional actions for the feature to continue to work and remain supported.

The Access Services feature in SharePoint Server 2016 has dependencies on certain SQL Server 2012 components that are no longer supported with SharePoint Server 2016. This security update includes changes to the Access Services feature that enable it to be compatible with newer SQL Server components. To make sure that the Access Services feature continues to work and remains supported, Access Services customers should upgrade the following components before they install this security update for SharePoint Server 2016. (These components can also be upgraded after this security update for SharePoint Server 2016 is installed. However, the Access Services feature might no longer work until the components are upgraded.)

• Microsoft SQL Server Express 2012 LocalDB to Microsoft SQL Server Express 2016 LocalDB (SqlLocalDB.msi)

• Microsoft System CLR Types for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 to Microsoft System CLR Types for Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP3 (SQLSysClrTypes.msi)

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Data-Tier Application Framework to Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP3 Data-Tier Application Framework (Dacframework.msi)

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Transact-SQL ScriptDom to Microsoft SQL Server 2016 SP3 Transact-SQL ScriptDom (SQLDOM.MSI)

After this security update for SharePoint Server 2016 is installed, Microsoft recommends that you uninstall the following SQL Server component from your SharePoint Server 2016 virtual machines because it is no longer used by or supported with Access Services.

• Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Native Client (sqlncli.msi)

For more information, download Access Services Setup for an On-Premise Installation of SharePoint 2016 and 2019.

Note: This document title incorrectly uses "On-Premise" instead of "On-Premises."

How to get and install the update

More information

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