Clearcase application impact with April 2014 MS patch [closed]

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Do you know of any impact on the ClearCase application for the below mentioned Microsoft patches?

My environment is Win 2003 Enterprise SP2

• Security Bulletin Risk Description KB Number
• MS14-017 Critical Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Word and Office Web Apps Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB2949660
• MS14-018 Critical Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer KB2950467
• MS14-019 Important Vulnerability in Windows File Handling Component Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB2922229
• MS14-020 Important Vulnerability in Microsoft Publisher Could Allow Remote Code Execution KB2950145

Answer 1

It depends on the nature of the ClearCase running on your server:

• simple Base ClearCase client
• ClearCase Vob server
• CCRC server

Unless you see a warning from IBM, you can proceed with the installation, and double-check with IBM (communicating at least the full version of your ClearCase setup: cleartool -verall)

You can see some general advises in this thread:

• VOB servers are specialized. Normally patches and service packs provide no benefits or improvements.
• Does your IT department test patches and service packs before installing them enterprise wide? Blindly trusting any windows upgrade/sp has been empirically shown to be a Bad Idea(tm).
• Get management involved. Yes patches and sp's are important, but so is having a working VOB server. If folks understand the risks to the company, they'll be more keen to work out a compromise. (Don't fall for the "we'll give you control of the server and you'll be in charge of patching it.")