CA Client Automation: Patch Manager - Supported Patches Laural Gentry Sr. Principal Product Manager April 2012
CA Online Content Research Team 2 This published document was based on current information and resource allocations as of April 2012 and is subject to change by CA at any time without notice. The information in this document is intended to outline CA s general product direction. All information in this document is for informational purposes only, and may not be incorporated into any contract. CA assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information. CA Online Content Research Team The 24X7 CA Online Content Research team is dedicated to providing CA products with updateable content that enables you to improve the management of your IT environment. Specifically the management of software inventory, software licensing and patch management. Staying aware of available software applications and patches, in addition to their relevance, impact, validation and dependencies is complex and time consuming. This is particularly relevant today as IT environments are becoming increasingly complex and businesses must keep pace with the high volume of changes, patches and upgrades necessary to keep their IT systems up-to-date, competitive and secure. is responsible for focusing on the following content areas: Application Definition Signature Content: Applications processed by the CA Online Content Research Team will be fingerprinted to produce application definitions. These application definitions are the foundation for performing software inventory which is used in licensing audits, usage reporting, patch level analysis and deployment planning. Patch Management Content: All vendor software patches supported are thoroughly researched, validated and normalized into a standard format. The then published and made available to all CA Patch Manager customers, complete with the CA Online Content Research Team s additional research metadata. The developed patch management content for targeted applications helps to mitigate risk and reduce the overall total cost of ownership of that application in your enterprise environment. This document focuses on the Patch Management content provided to all CA Patch Manager users providing details on the supported applications, s and content publication goals. In addition to the patch information being pushed to installations of CA Patch Manager, the CA Online Content Research Team publishes the information to the Patch Management Center. The CA Online Content Research team maintains a central repository of software metadata content. This repository of content enables the CA Client Automation family of technology to identify installed software assets, patch management and compliance audit. The CA Online Content Research team 2 Copyright 2012 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein This document is for your informational purposes only. To the extent permitted by applicable law, CA provides this document As Is without warranty of any kind, including, without limitation, any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, or non-infringement. In no event will CA be liable for any loss or damage, direct or indirect, from the use of this document, including, without limitation, lost profits, lost investment, business interruption, goodwill or lost data, even if CA is expressly advised of such damages.
Supported Patch Content 3 Operating System Patch Support Operating System Individual Patches Support Roll-up (security patches) The following operating systems supported in the s specified. Windows XP Embedded POSReady 2009 N/A only Full Roll-Ups: Individual created by the CA Online Content Research Team for each security update published. Individual patches, depending on the type of patch, may or may not require a reboot. Roll-Up Patches are created by the CA Online Content Research Team each time Gold 32 bit Microsoft releases patches on Microsoft s Patch Tuesday each month. Patches contained in the roll-up security patches only. The CA Online Content Research team associates each published patch and rolls them into one single patch bundle for CA Patch Manager users. When applying a roll-up patch, only one reboot is required with the ability to ensure that already installed not re-installed. Operating System Windows XP SP3 32 bit Home Individual Patches French German Italian Spanish Support Roll-up (security patches) Roll-Ups: French German Italian Spanish Japanese Traditional Chinese Gold 64 bit SP1 32 bit SP1 64 bit Finnish Swedish Danish Norwegian Brazilian Portuguese 3 Copyright 2012 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein
Supported Patch Content 4 Operating System Individual Patches Support Roll-up (security patches) Windows Vista SP2 32 bit Business, Home Basic, Home Premium, Windows Vista SP2 64 bit Business, Home Basic, Home Premium, Roll-Ups Vista patches are Office 2007 and Roll-Ups Vista patches Vista patches are Office 2007 and 4 Copyright 2012 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein
Supported Patch Content 5 Application Patch Support Application Releases The patch content supports security patches and service packs in English unless otherwise noted ( above individual global except for the service pack). Microsoft.NET Framework 1.0 1.1 2.0 3.0 Application Adobe Reader Multiple support Adobe Acrobat Professional and Standard Edition Multiple support Releases 7.x 8.x 7.x 8.x Microsoft Outlook Office 2003 Microsoft PowerPoint Office 2003 Microsoft Project Office 2003 Adobe Flash Player for IE 7.x Microsoft Publisher Office 2003 Adobe Flash Player for Netscape and Mozilla 7.x Microsoft Visual Studio 2002 SP1 2003 SP1 2005 SP1 Apple QuickTime Player 7.x Microsoft Access Office 2003 Microsoft Excel Office 2003 Microsoft FrontPage FrontPage 2002 FrontPage 2003 Microsoft InfoPath Office 2003 Microsoft Visio Office 2003 Microsoft Word Office 2003 Mozilla Firefox Browser 8.x Mozilla Firefox Extended Support Release (ESR) 5 Copyright 2012 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein
Supported Patch Content 6 Application Releases RealPlayer 14.x 15.x SUN Java Runtime Environment 1.4.2 1.5.x 1.6.x VMWare Workstation v5.5.x v6.x v7.x v8.x VMWare Player v1.x v2.x v2.5.x v3.x WinZip 12.x 14.x 15.x 6 Copyright 2012 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein
Supported Patch Content 7 Internationalization/ Localization The CA Patch Manager Console is available in English, French, German and Japanese. The metadata associated with each patch is available in English only. Patches for the specified operating systems and applications detailed in this document are supported for the s specified. Patch Types CA Windows Delta Security Roll-Ups: This is a single roll-up software package published by the CA Online Content Research Team and includes one roll-up for each supported operating system, Microsoft Office and. The delta roll-up packages includes only those new Microsoft security software that specific Patch Tuesday. The delta roll-ups result in a smaller patch package which will utilize less bandwidth and allow the Patch Management administrator to reduce the time required to perform monthly patch management distribution. Individual Patches: All Microsoft security made available individually and can be processed and distributed individually by the CA Patch Manager administrator. CA Windows Full Security Roll-Ups: This is a single roll-up software package published by the CA Online Content Research Team and includes Microsoft software security patches for the operating systems and Microsoft Office application. Localized operating system roll-up patches include Microsoft Office security English and the localized for the operating system. There are times when a full roll-up patch may not include all patches. Patches not typically included in a full roll-up patch include application server patches and software developer tools (e.g., Microsoft Exchange and Microsoft Visual Studio 2003). Any patches not included in the full roll-up package will be available as an individual patch for distribution. CA publishes one roll-up for each supported operating system/ and supporting one reboot per patch package when possible. Employing the CA published roll-up package technology reduces the number of reboots required by the end systems and allows the administrator to reduce the time required to perform monthly patch management distribution with minimal end user interruption. 7 Copyright 2012 CA. All rights reserved. All trademarks, trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein