Description of the security update for SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016: July 14, 2020

Note:After you install this update, the default setting for a trusted data source and trusted content locations in PerformancePoint Services will change from trust all totrust none. For more information, see KB 4571413.

Summary

This security update resolves vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office that could allow remote code execution if a user opens a specially crafted Office file. To learn more about these vulnerabilities, see the following security advisories:

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1025

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1147

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1342

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1439

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1443

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1444

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1445

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1446

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1448

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1450

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1451

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1454

• Microsoft Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures CVE-2020-1456
  Note To apply this security update, you must have the release version of Microsoft SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016 installed on the computer.This public update delivers Feature Pack 2 for SharePoint Server 2016. Feature Pack 2 contains the following feature:

• SharePoint Framework (SPFx)
  This public update also delivers all the features that were included in Feature Pack 1 for SharePoint Server 2016, including:

• Administrative Actions Logging

• MinRole enhancements

• SharePoint Custom Tiles

• Hybrid Taxonomy

• OneDrive API for SharePoint on-premises

• OneDrive for Business modern user experience (available to Software Assurance customers)
  The OneDrive for Business modern user experience requires an active Software Assurance contract at the time that the experience is enabled, either by installation of the public update or by manual enablement. If you don’t have an active Software Assurance contract at the time of enablement, you must turn off the OneDrive for Business modern user experience.For more information, see the following articles:

• New features included in the November 2016 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 1)

• New features included in the September 2017 Public Update for SharePoint Server 2016 (Feature Pack 2)

Improvements and fixes

This security update contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues in SharePoint Server 2016:

• The Automatic Password Change Schedule (Monthly by Day mode) doesn’t work correctly.
• Office document versions are getting trimmed when preservation hold is enabled.
• Fixes incorrect regional settings of the Istanbul time zone.

Note To fix this issue completely, you have to install KB 4484440 together with this update.

• Restore-SPEnterpriseSearchServiceApplication fails when SQL Server Authentication is used.
• A memory leak occurs that could cause memory bottlenecks and performance issues on web front-end (WFE) servers if there are thousands of site collections across the farm.
• A running timer job is orphaned when its server is removed.
• In a site that contains the ampersand (&) character in its URL, when you export a survey list to an Excel spreadsheet, Excel should open a new workbook that contains one worksheet that is named owssvr. However, the owssvr worksheet isn’t opened.
  This security update contains fixes for the following nonsecurity issues in Project Server 2016:
• When you use either the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser, even if you select Cancel in the Edit Resource or in Enterprise Custom Fields and Lookup Tables pages, the resource, enterprise field or lookup table remains checked out. For this fix to work, you have to install Chrome or Chromium browser version 81 or later.
• When you use either the Google Chrome or Microsoft Edge Chromium browser, if you change a View setting such as a column width or order, the changes do not persist if the view, filter, or grouping is applied to pages such as the Project Center, Resource Center, Approvals, Tasks, or Timesheets. For example, after you changViewfromSummarytoCost, and then you refresh the page, theViewvalue remains asSummary. For this fix to work, you have to install the Chrome or Chromium browser version 81 or later.

How to get and install the update

Method 1: Microsoft Update

This update is available from Microsoft Update. When you turn on automatic updating, this update will be downloaded and installed automatically. For more information about how to get security updates automatically, see Windows Update: FAQ.

Method 2: Microsoft Update Catalog

To get the standalone package for this update, go to the Microsoft Update Catalog website.

Method 3: Microsoft Download Center

You can get the standalone update package through the Microsoft Download Center. Follow the installation instructions on the download page to install the update.

• Download security update 4484436 for the 64-bit version of SharePoint Enterprise Server 2016

More Information

Security update deployment information

For deployment information about this update, see security update deployment information: July 14, 2020.

Security update replacement information

This security update replaces previously released security update 4484402.

File hash information

File name	SHA1 hash	SHA256 hash
sts2016-kb4484436-fullfile-x64-glb.exe	05496ECF1F0F71CB03A330B17ACB5B9E0B1D5738	A63FC8F5EEC84CBE0DC1B81B7059F77DD0191ABA2EDE1AFE0B24A4FEC9DEAEBD

File informationDownload the list of files that are included in security update 4484436.

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