Microsoft fixed a critical vulnerability Tuesday in the Windows cryptographic library that could expose Windows servers to remote code execution attacks. The update also adds support for stronger and more modern cryptographic ciphers to older Windows versions.

“The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if an attacker sends specially crafted packets to a Windows server,” Microsoft’s said in a security bulletin called MS14-066. However, the flaw is in the Microsoft Secure Channel (SChannel) component that exists in all Windows versions and implements the SSL and TLS cryptographic protocols.

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