Title

Systems must be maintained at a supported servicing level. (Cat I impact)

Discussion

Systems at unsupported servicing levels will not receive security updates for new vulnerabilities, which leaves them subject to exploitation. Systems must be maintained at a servicing level supported by the vendor with new security updates.

Check Content

This STIG is sunset and no longer maintained. Open "Command Prompt". Enter "winver.exe". If the "About Windows" dialog box displays "Microsoft Windows Server Version 1607 (Build 14393.xxx)" and there is not documented extended support for Microsoft Windows Server 2016, this is a finding.

Fix Text

Upgrade the operating system to a supported version.

Additional Identifiers

Rule ID: SV-224828r1059570_rule

Vulnerability ID: V-224828

Group Title: SRG-OS-000480-GPOS-00227

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