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• MS-DEFCON 3: Cleanup time

  Posted on April 22, 2025 at 09:29 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  

  ISSUE 22.16.1 • 2025-04-22

  

  By Susan Bradley

  After every Patch Tuesday, there is a period I call “cleanup time.”

  By the end of the week, side effects start to pop up. Even though Microsoft does not usually document its patches well, we at least know which updates have been released and have had a chance to read through the release notes.

  This time, side effects appear to be widespread. I have therefore set the MS-DEFCON level to 3. Patch as necessary but check your results carefully.

  Anyone can read the full MS-DEFCON Alert (22.16.1, 2025-04-22).

  AskWoody Plus Alert, MS-DEFCON Alerts, Blue screens of death, BSOD, CVE-2025-21204, CWE-59, KB5002623, KB5002700, KB5055523, KB5055526, KB5058919, KB5058920, KB5058921, KB5058922, MS-DEFCON, MS-DEFCON 3, Patch Lady Posts, Server 2025, Windows 11 24H2

• April’s deluge of patches

  Posted on April 14, 2025 at 02:42 CDT by Susan Bradley • Comment in the Forums

  PATCH WATCH

  

  By Susan Bradley

  It’s a good thing we no longer receive individual updates fixing each unique vulnerability. If we did, we’d be calling “uncle” right about now.

  Historically, the number of patches released each April tends to be large. I attribute this to the final end of the holiday slump, when the folks at Microsoft are back up to full steam and working on fixes with gusto.

  This time around, there are 124 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office, Azure, .NET, Visual Studio, BitLocker, Kerberos, Windows Hello, OpenSSH, and Windows’ Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP).

  Read the full story in our Plus Newsletter (22.15.0, 2025-04-14).

  Patch Watch CVE-2024-21302, CVE-2025-21204, CVE-2025-26670, CVE-2025-29809, inetpub, KB5002623, KB5002700, KB5055581, KB5057589, Microsoft Edge, Newsletters, Office 2016, Patch Lady Posts, Windows 11 24H2