Microsoft has released Security Updates (SUs) for vulnerabilities found in:
- Exchange Server 2013
- Exchange Server 2016
- Exchange Server 2019
The updates address the following vulnerabilities:
- CVE-2023-21745: Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-21761: Information Disclosure Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-21762: Spoofing Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-21763: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
- CVE-2023-21764: Elevation of Privilege Vulnerability
Official announcement can be found here.
SUs are available for the following specific versions of Exchange Server:
The January 2023 SUs address vulnerabilities responsibly reported to Microsoft by security partners and found through Microsoft’s internal processes. Although we are not aware of any active exploits in the wild, our recommendation is to immediately install these updates to protect your environment.
These vulnerabilities affect Exchange Server. Exchange Online customers are already protected from the vulnerabilities addressed in these SUs and do not need to take any action other than updating Exchange servers in their environment.
Update installation
The following update paths are available:
- Install the latest CU. Use the Exchange Update Wizard to choose your current CU and your target CU to get directions.
- Inventory your Exchange Servers to determine which updates are needed using the Exchange Server Health Checker script. Running this script will tell you if any of your Exchange Servers are behind on updates (CUs, SUs, or manual actions).
- Re-run the Health Checker after you install an SU to see if any further actions are needed.
- If you encounter errors during or after installation of Exchange Server, run the SetupAssist script. If something does not work properly after updates, see Repair failed installations of Exchange Cumulative and Security updates.
Known issues with this release:
- If Exchange Server 2016 is installed on Windows Server 2012 R2, after installation of the January 2023 SU, the AD Topology service might not start automatically, causing services that depend on it to not start automatically either. To work around this problem, start Exchange services manually. We are investigating this further.
- Once the update is installed on an Exchange Server 2016 or 2019, web page previews for URLs shared in OWA will not be rendered properly. We will resolve this in a future update.
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