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        "category": "general",
        "text": "To determine the support lifecycle for your software, see the Microsoft Support Lifecycle: https://support.microsoft.com/lifecycle",
        "title": "Additional Resources"
      },
      {
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        "text": "The information provided in the Microsoft Knowledge Base is provided \\\"as is\\\" without warranty of any kind. Microsoft disclaims all warranties, either express or implied, including the warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. In no event shall Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever including direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, loss of business profits or special damages, even if Microsoft Corporation or its suppliers have been advised of the possibility of such damages. Some states do not allow the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or incidental damages so the foregoing limitation may not apply.",
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          "text": "Customers must perform the following to mitigate this vulnerability:\nUpdate Azure Stack HCI resources to version 2411. Instructions on how to update can be found here.\nRotate the administrator and user account passwords for all Azure Arc VMs deployed prior to updating the Azure Stack HCI instance to version 2411. Instructions on how to update these passwords can be found here.",
          "title": "What actions should I take to be protected from this vulnerability?"
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          "title": "The CVSS score for this vulnerability rates Scope as Changed (S:C). What does this mean?"
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