Has Waters tested Empower against the PrintNightmare patch released by Microsoft? - WKB204145
ENVIRONMENT
- Empower
ANSWER
No. Waters has not formally tested the patch released by Microsoft to address the PrintNightmare vulnerability.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Customers are advised to test the patch in a non-production Empower environment if possible.
The most recent guidance is to disable the Print Spooler where possible.
There is no harm in disabling the Print Spooler on LAC/E nodes as long as you are not taking advantage of Run and Process (with a report method defined) or Run and Report.
There is no harm in disabling the Print Spooler on the Database and/or Raw Data server unless you need to print from there for some reason.
Disabling the Print Spooler service on Citrix servers will negatively impact all print-related functions in Empower.
See Does the Windows "PrintNightmare" vulnerability impact NuGenesis?
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