bugtraq - Re: RS-2004-1: SquirrelMail "Content-Type" XSS vulnerability

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Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 16:59:42 -0700
From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@...ian.org>
To: Roman Medina <roman@...labs.com>
Cc: Lupe Christoph <lupe@...e-christoph.de>, full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com,
   bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, vulnwatch@...nwatch.org, security@...ian.org
Subject: Re: RS-2004-1: SquirrelMail "Content-Type" XSS vulnerability

On Wed, Jun 02, 2004 at 01:49:01AM +0200, Roman Medina wrote:

> In other words, many vendors/developers silently fixes bugs and they don't
> necesarily have to know who is packaging their software and inform them.

Such vendors/developers are doing a their users and the community a
disservice.  Proper public disclosure of vulnerabilities requires very
little effort on their part; there is no good reason to conceal information
this way.  There is no need to contact every downstream vendor directly;
they monitor the usual channels.

-- 
 - mdz

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