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A first phase patch for the critical vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2020-1472, was issued in August 2020. The first phase of the patch was intended to address the vulnerability on two fronts: blocking both Windows-based domain members and non-Windows PCs that have been configured to disable signing/encryption as well as making changes to the Netlogon protocol for clients that cannot use the required signing/encryption, says Satnam Narang, staff research engineer at the security firm Tenable. The second patch completes the patching process for those who did not earlier implement enforcement by automatically turning on the protective measures that were included in the August 2020 patch. The second patch effectively brings all users up to the same level of security. ....
Security teams might want to take a close look at their own risks for a particular flaw noted Microsoft, despite the decision by the security giant to forgo the “critical" rating. ....