Microsoft KB Archive Search

Notice: This website is an unofficial Microsoft Knowledge Base (hereinafter KB) archive and is intended to provide a reliable access to deleted content from Microsoft KB. All KB articles are owned by Microsoft Corporation. Read full disclaimer for more details.

  1. Home
  2. Description of the security update for the Windows Hyper-V denial of service vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: March 13, 2018

Description of the security update for the Windows Hyper-V denial of service vulnerability in Windows Server 2008: March 13, 2018

View products that this article applies to.

Summary

A denial of service vulnerability exists when Microsoft Hyper-V Network Switch on a host server fails to properly validate input from a privileged user on a guest operating system.

To learn more about the vulnerability, see  CVE-2018-0885.

↑ Back to the top

More Information

Important If you install a language pack after you install this update, you must reinstall this update. Therefore, we recommend that you install any language packs that you need before you install this update. For more information, see Add language packs to Windows.

↑ Back to the top

How to obtain and install the update

Method 1: Windows Update

This update is available through Windows Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to turn on automatic updating, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the stand-alone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

↑ Back to the top

Deployment information

For deployment details for this security update, go to the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Security update deployment information: March 13, 2018

↑ Back to the top

More Information

How to obtain help and support for this security update
Help for installing updates: Windows Update: FAQ

Security solutions for IT professionals: TechNet Security Support and Troubleshooting

Help for protecting your Windows-based computer from viruses and malware: Microsoft Secure

Local support according to your country: International Support

↑ Back to the top

Windows Server 2008 file information

File hash information
File name SHA1 hash SHA256 hash
Windows6.0-KB4073011-x64.msu 5590DE8B758AFF87578EE55260682554B69A09B2 715E89045B83CC63AA91D731F18D9B88C7BB021F2C08D1BD8D651B9D4C89974B

File information

The English (United States) version of this software update installs files that have the attributes that are listed in the following tables. The dates and times for these files are listed in Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). The dates and times for these files on your local computer are displayed in your local time together with your current daylight-saving time (DST) bias. Additionally, the dates and times may change when you perform certain operations on the files.

For all supported x64-based versions
File name File version File size Date Time Platform
Hvax64.exe 6.0.6002.24302 634,368 08-Feb-2018 15:05 x64
Hvboot.sys 6.0.6002.24302 108,224 08-Feb-2018 16:11 x64
Hvix64.exe 6.0.6002.24302 642,560 08-Feb-2018 15:05 x64
Virtualization.events.xml Not applicable 1,384 16-Nov-2017 03:47 Not applicable
Vmsntfy.dll 6.0.6002.24302 63,488 08-Feb-2018 15:07 x64
Vmswitch.sys 6.0.6002.24302 247,808 08-Feb-2018 15:07 x64

↑ Back to the top

Keywords: kb, atdownload, kbbug, kbexpertiseinter, kbfix, kblangall, kbmustloc, kbsecbulletin, kbsecreview, kbsecurity, kbsecvulnerability, kbsurveynew

↑ Back to the top

Article Info
Article ID : 4073011
Revision : 12
Created on : 3/10/2018
Published on : 3/13/2018
Exists online : False
Views : 188