KB5046058: Security update for SQL Server 2017, GDR branch, October 2024. Elevation-of-privilege flaw resolved; Change Data Capture fixed
In short
Resolves an Important SQL Server elevation-of-privilege vulnerability and fixes Change Data Capture functional issues introduced in the September GDR.
Does it affect you? Applies to: Devices running SQL Server 2017, including installations on the GDR servicing branch. The update package is for x64.
For servers on the GDR branch: they get security fixes only. Servers that install cumulative updates (CU branch) get a separate update. Which branch am I on?
What changes
Fix 1 change
Replication
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Change Data Capture no longer has the functional issues introduced in the September GDR.1
Fixes the known Change Data Capture (CDC) issues introduced in the September GDR (bug reference 3496671).
Technical details
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Data sheet
- Released
- 2024-10-08
- Classification
- Security Updates
- Type
- Cumulative update
- Servicing branch
- GDR
- Restart
- Required
- Replaces
- KB5042217, KB5040942
- Replaced by
- KB5046857
| Version | Build | Channel |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 14.0.2065.1 | General availability |
Security
| Vulnerability | Severity | CVSS |
|---|---|---|
|
Microsoft SQL Server Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
|
Important | 8.8 |
Downloads (Microsoft Update Catalog)
Package
2017
447.3 MB
Sources
Updated
Cited passages from Microsoft's official notes (1)
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Fixes known functional issues that occur in the Change Data Capture (CDC) feature and that were introduced in the September GDR.
support.microsoft.com
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