NSA Releases Advisory on BlueKeep Vulnerability

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NSA Releases Advisory on BlueKeep Vulnerability [ 
https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/current-activity/2019/06/04/NSA-Releases-Advisory-BlueKeep-Vulnerability ] 06/04/2019 
08:38 PM EDT 
Original release date: June 04, 2019

The National Security Agency (NSA) has released a cybersecurity advisory for CVE-2019-0708a vulnerability dubbed 
BlueKeep. Although Microsoft has issued a patch, potentially millions of machines are still unpatched and remain 
vulnerable.

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) encourages users and administrators to review NSAs news 
release [ 
http://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/News-Stories/Article-View/Article/1865726/nsa-cybersecurity-advisory-patch-remote-desktop-services-on-legacy-versions-of/
 ] and advisory [ 
http://www.nsa.gov/Portals/70/documents/what-we-do/cybersecurity/professional-resources/csa-bluekeep_20190604.pdf ], 
Microsoft Security Response Centers "A Reminder to Update Your Systems to Prevent a Worm [ 
http://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/msrc/2019/05/30/a-reminder-to-update-your-systems-to-prevent-a-worm/ ]", and 
Microsoft Customer Guidance for CVE-2019-0708 [ 
http://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/4500705/customer-guidance-for-cve-2019-0708 ].

CISA recommends patching the affected operating systems:


  * Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, and Windows Server 2008 [ 
http://portal.msrc.microsoft.com/en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2019-0708 ] 
  * Windows 2003 and Windows XP [ http://support.microsoft.com/help/4500705 ] 
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