Microsoft snafu blocks enterprise patching
System Center Configuration Manager problem stymies last week's security updates
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June 15, 2008 (Computerworld) Microsoft confirmed late Friday that enterprise administrators using one of its patch distribution tools have not been able to install last week's security updates.
The company offered a workaround and said it is working on a fix.
"We're aware of an issue that is affecting the deployment of the June 2008 security updates," acknowledged Christopher Budd, spokesman for the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC), in a post to the group's blog Friday night.
Only corporate administrators using System Center Configuration Manager (ConfigMgr) 2007, which itself was just updated to Service Pack 1 (SP1), are affected, Budd said, and only those systems running System Management Server (SMS) 2003 client software refuse to update. "The impact of this issue is that customers in this configuration cannot deploy the June 2008 security updates to their SMS 2003 clients," said Budd.
Security Advisory 954474: Deployment Issue affecting System Center Configuration Manager 2007servers with SMS 2003 clients
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