Patches of a Bulletin
A patch can consist of one or more executable files to be installed. One or more of these files might be applicable to different operating systems and thus not be installed on all of them.
The Patches tab provides the following information:
Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
Patch Name | The name of the executable file contained in the security patch. |
Severity | The importance of the security vulnerability and patch, which is represented by a colored flag. This is not necessarily the same severity as that of the bulletin. If a bulletin is classified as Unrated, it is often due to the fact that it contains several executable files with different severity ratings. |
Device Count | The number of devices that need this patch to be installed. Be aware that this number is not the total number of concerned devices in the network but the number of devices which the administrator has read and/or write access to. |
Status | The current status of the patch. |
Size | The fields of this column display the approximate size of the patch file in MB. |
Details | This field provides some more detailed information about why a patch download has failed. |
CVE ID | The CVE identification concerning the patch as a hyperlink and leads you directly to the respective web page. |
Knowledge Base Article | The number of the respective Microsoft Knowledge Base article of the patch if it is a Microsoft patch, otherwise this field remains empty. |
Superseded By | Displays if a new version of this patch exists and the name of such a patch. |
Information | This field can contain an additional textual description of the vulnerability and the remedy effected by the patch. |
Last Downloaded URL | This field displays the complete URL to the patch. |