Security Alert (A17-08-01): Multiple Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Products (August 2017)

Description:

Microsoft has released 31 security updates addressing multiple vulnerabilities which affect several Microsoft products or components.

There is elevated risk of cyber attacks for the vulnerabilities.

Affected Systems:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 9, 10, 11
• Microsoft Edge
• Microsoft Windows 7, 8.1, RT 8.1, 10
• Microsoft Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016
• Microsoft SharePoint Server 2010 Service Pack 2
• Microsoft SQL Server 2012, 2014 Service Pack 1, 2014 Service Pack 2, 2016 

A complete list of the affected products can be found at:

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance

Impact:

Depending on the vulnerability exploited, a successful attack could lead to remote code execution, elevation of privilege, information disclosure, denial of service, security feature bypass or spoofing.

Recommendation:

Patches for affected products are available from the Windows Update / Microsoft Update Catalog.  Users of affected systems should follow the recommendations provided by the product vendor and take immediate actions to mitigate the risk.

More Information:

https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-us/security-guidance/releasenotedetail/b3d96835-f651-e711-80dd-000d3a32fc99
https://www.hkcert.org/my_url/en/alert/17080901
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2017/08/08/Microsoft-Releases-August-2017-Security-Updates
https://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/ADV170010
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/20170808/security-update-deployment-information
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0174
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0250
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-0293
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8503
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8516
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8591
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8593
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8620
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8622 (to CVE-2017-8625)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8627
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8633 (to CVE-2017-8642)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8644 (to CVE-2017-8647)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8650 (to CVE-2017-8657)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8659
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8661
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8662
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8664
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8666
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8668 (to CVE-2017-8674)
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-8691