Microsoft October 2023 Security Updates

October 2023 Security Updates
This release consists of the following 103 Microsoft CVEs:
Tag CVE Base Score CVSS Vector Exploitability FAQs? Workarounds? Mitigations?
Windows RDP CVE-2023-29348
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-35349
Azure SDK CVE-2023-36414
Azure SDK CVE-2023-36415
Microsoft Dynamics CVE-2023-36416
SQL Server CVE-2023-36417
Azure Real Time Operating System CVE-2023-36418
Azure CVE-2023-36419
SQL Server CVE-2023-36420
Microsoft Dynamics CVE-2023-36429
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36431
Microsoft Dynamics CVE-2023-36433
Windows IIS CVE-2023-36434
Microsoft QUIC CVE-2023-36435
Windows HTML Platform CVE-2023-36436
Windows TCP/IP CVE-2023-36438
Windows HTML Platform CVE-2023-36557
Azure DevOps CVE-2023-36561
Microsoft WordPad CVE-2023-36563
Microsoft Windows Search Component CVE-2023-36564
Microsoft Office CVE-2023-36565
Microsoft Common Data Model SDK CVE-2023-36566
Windows Deployment Services CVE-2023-36567
Microsoft Office CVE-2023-36568
Microsoft Office CVE-2023-36569
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36570
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36571
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36572
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36573
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36574
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36575
Windows Kernel CVE-2023-36576
Microsoft WDAC OLE DB provider for SQL CVE-2023-36577
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36578
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36579
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36581
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36582
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36583
Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) CVE-2023-36584
Windows Active Template Library CVE-2023-36585
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36589
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36590
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36591
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36592
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36593
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2023-36594
Windows Remote Procedure Call CVE-2023-36596
SQL Server CVE-2023-36598
Windows TCP/IP CVE-2023-36602
Windows TCP/IP CVE-2023-36603
Windows Named Pipe File System CVE-2023-36605
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36606
Windows Message Queuing CVE-2023-36697
Windows Kernel CVE-2023-36698
Windows Resilient File System (ReFS) CVE-2023-36701
Windows Microsoft DirectMusic CVE-2023-36702
Windows DHCP Server CVE-2023-36703
Windows Setup Files Cleanup CVE-2023-36704
Windows Deployment Services CVE-2023-36706
Windows Deployment Services CVE-2023-36707
Windows AllJoyn API CVE-2023-36709
Microsoft Windows Media Foundation CVE-2023-36710
Windows Runtime C++ Template Library CVE-2023-36711
Windows Kernel CVE-2023-36712
Windows Common Log File System Driver CVE-2023-36713
Windows TPM CVE-2023-36717
Windows Virtual Trusted Platform Module CVE-2023-36718
Windows Mixed Reality Developer Tools CVE-2023-36720
Windows Error Reporting CVE-2023-36721
Active Directory Domain Services CVE-2023-36722
Windows Container Manager Service CVE-2023-36723
Windows Power Management Service CVE-2023-36724
Windows NT OS Kernel CVE-2023-36725
Windows IKE Extension CVE-2023-36726
SQL Server CVE-2023-36728
Windows Named Pipe File System CVE-2023-36729
SQL Server CVE-2023-36730
Windows Win32K CVE-2023-36731
Windows Win32K CVE-2023-36732
Azure CVE-2023-36737 7
Windows Win32K CVE-2023-36743
Windows Win32K CVE-2023-36776
Microsoft Exchange Server CVE-2023-36778
Skype for Business CVE-2023-36780
SQL Server CVE-2023-36785
Skype for Business CVE-2023-36786
Skype for Business CVE-2023-36789
Windows RDP CVE-2023-36790
Windows Client/Server Runtime Subsystem CVE-2023-36902
Microsoft Graphics Component CVE-2023-38159
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-38166
Microsoft QUIC CVE-2023-38171
Skype for Business CVE-2023-41763
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41765
Client Server Run-time Subsystem (CSRSS) CVE-2023-41766
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41767
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41768
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41769
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41770
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41771
Windows Win32K CVE-2023-41772
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41773
Windows Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol CVE-2023-41774
We are republising 2 non-Microsoft CVEs:
CNA Tag CVE FAQs? Workarounds? Mitigations?
MITRE Corporation HTTP/2 CVE-2023-44487
Chrome Microsoft Edge (Chromium-based) CVE-2023-5346
Security Update Guide Blog Posts
Date Blog Post
October 12, 2022 Improvements in Security Update Notifications Delivery - And a New Delivery Method
January 11, 2022 Coming Soon: New Security Update Guide Notification System
February 9, 2021 Continuing to Listen: Good News about the Security Update Guide API
January 13, 2021 Security Update Guide Supports CVEs Assigned by Industry Partners
December 8, 2020 Security Update Guide: Let’s keep the conversation going
November 9, 2020 Vulnerability Descriptions in the New Version of the Security Update Guide
Relevant Resources

• The new Hotpatching feature is now generally available. Please see Hotpatching feature for Windows Server Azure Edition virtual machines (VMs) for more information.
• Windows 10 updates are cumulative. The monthly security release includes all security fixes for vulnerabilities that affect Windows 10, in addition to non-security updates. The updates are available via the Microsoft Update Catalog. For information on lifecycle and support dates for Windows 10 operating systems, please see Windows Lifecycle Facts Sheet.
• Microsoft is improving Windows Release Notes. For more information, please see What's next for Windows release notes.
• A list of the latest servicing stack updates for each operating system can be found in ADV990001. This list will be updated whenever a new servicing stack update is released. It is important to install the latest servicing stack update.
• In addition to security changes for the vulnerabilities, updates include defense-in-depth updates to help improve security-related features.
• Customers running Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows Server 2008 need to purchase the Extended Security Update to continue receiving security updates. See 4522133 for more information.

Known Issues
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KB Article Applies To
5031364 Windows Server 2022
5031408 Windows Server 2008 R2 (Monthly Rollup)
5031411 Windows Server 2008 (Security-only update)
5031416 Windows Server 2008 (Monthly Rollup)
5031441 Windows Server 2008 R2 (Security-only update)
Released: Oct 10, 2023
October 2023 Security Updates - Release Notes - Security Update Guide - Microsoft