Windows 10 et KB4048954, quoi de neuf ?

Windows 10 Creators Update

Microsoft propose à l’occasion du Patch Tuesday de novembre 2017 plusieurs mises à jour cumulatives dont KB4048954. Elle s’adresse aux PC sous Windows 10 Creators Update alias Windows 10 v1703.

KB4048954 permet de faire évoluer l’OS de la version 15063.726 à la version15063.728. Cette mise à jour apporte plusieurs correctifs de sécurité mais pas seulement.

Son installation propose de résoudre un problème issu d’une précédente mise à jour cumulative. Cela concerne le « Sync Center » et une planification. Microsoft reconnaît que certains utilisateurs obtiennent une erreur de type « Error: 0x80070005. Access Denied »

A cela s’ajoute un deuxième correctif concernant cette fois la mise à jour KB4038788. Dans certains cas son installation se solde par un écran noir. L’utilisateur est alors obligé de redémarrer son PC pour abandonner son installation.

Windows 10 et KB4048954, corrections de failles

Windows 10 Creators Update

Il existe également des correctifs pour certains composants de Windows 10 comme le navigateur Internet Explorer. Ce bug a occasionné des problèmes de gestion des sites intranet. Microsoft Edge est aussi concerné afin de résoudre une fuite de mémoire tout en apportant des réglages pour affiner le défilement à l’origine d’un blocage du navigateur dans certaines cas.

Concernant la sécurité, il y a beaucoup de correctifs. Ils visent des applications comme Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge, Windows Media Player et d’autres mais aussi le noyau Windows.

Vous trouverez tous les détails ci-dessous

KB4048954 – note de version

Addressed issue where applications based on the Microsoft JET Database Engine (Microsoft Access 2007 and older or non-Microsoft applications) fail when creating or opening Microsoft Excel .xls files. The error message is: “Unexpected error from external database driver (1). (Microsoft JET Database Engine)”.
Addressed issue where the RDP Connection from a Windows 10 1703 client to Windows Server 2008 R2 fails with the error: “An internal error occurred”. This problem occurs when the server is configured in RemoteFX mode. You may also see a black or incorrectly painted screen.
Addressed issue where, after an OS upgrade, setting an offline schedule in the Sync Center applet of Control Panel fails. The error message that appears is: “Sync Center Error. An error occurred displaying sync schedules. Error: 0x80070005. Access Denied.”
Addressed issue where RemoteApp and Desktop Connection settings fail to apply when you set them using Group Policy or a script.
Addressed issue where the virtual smart card doesn’t assess the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) vulnerability correctly.
Addressed issue where opening Microsoft Office files from a file server that has Windows Information Protection enabled fails with the error: “Sorry we couldn’t open document xxxx”.
Addressed issue where, when using the FDVDenyWriteAccess policy, Windows will continue to prevent a drive from being made writable even after BitLocker encryption completes.
Addressed issue where Surface Hub devices cannot connect to Azure Active Directory to log on when they are behind a proxy server.
Addressed issue where attempting to clean temporary files on the Windows Phone results in the error code “E_FAIL”.
Addressed issue where the functional keys stop working on Microsoft Designer Keyboards.
Addressed issue where modern applications built using JavaScript may fail to initialize.
Addressed issue where GetWindowLong may fail when called on a window whose thread isn’t processing Windows messages.
Addressed issue where, after installing KB4038788 and rebooting, a black screen appears with only a cursor, and you must reboot in order to log in successfully.
Addressed issue in Internet Explorer where an intranet site was being treated as an internet site.
Addressed a memory leak in Microsoft Edge caused by the startup of an internal process.
Addressed issue with the launch of HTML dialogs in Windows PE systems.
Addressed issue with scrolling that sometimes causes Microsoft Edge to stop responding.
Addressed a crash in Internet Explorer that was seen in machines that used large font-size settings.
Addressed issue where the PDF download progress bar stops when opening a PDF file from a cloud-backed web services site.
Security updates to Internet Explorer, Microsoft Scripting Engine, Microsoft Edge, Windows kernel, Windows kernel-mode drivers, Microsoft Graphics Component, the Microsoft Windows Search Component, and Windows Media Player.