full-disclosure - MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability

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Date: Fri Apr 28 18:37:42 2006
From: sol at haveyoubeentested.org (Sol Invictus)
Subject: MSIE (mshtml.dll) OBJECT tag vulnerability

Bravo, ol' chap, Bravo!

Chris Eagle wrote:

>My $0.02, ignore as you see fit.
>
>As a consumer, I prefer (arguably have the right) to know at the earliest
>possible opportunity whether a product I am using is flawed.  Whether a
>medication appears to cause cancer, my car is prone to exploding when rear
>ended, or a piece of software is found to be exploitable.  I don't wish to
>wait through some potentially lengthy process, legal or otherwise, in which
>the producer of the product denies or downplays the severity of the flaw
>before finally addressing the problem and making the flaw public before I
>hear about it for the first time.  To pretend that you are somehow immune to
>the problem while the vendor fails to disclose it is simply ridiculous.
>
>While vendor coordination is certainly nice to have, the ONLY thing I would
>like to see required in pre-patch disclosures are constructive ways to
>mitigate the problem, and the impact of those mitigations.
>
>For those that would not disclose, what gives you the right to judge whether
>someone is capable of dealing or not dealing with the newly announced
>vulnerability, and what makes you think that you are qualified to manage the
>risk on my networks?  If you are an information security professional, then
>you are paid to deal with "problem", if you are not capable of dealing with
>it, then you need to rethink your profession.
>
>Flame away,
>
>Chris
>
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