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Date: Mon, 25 Sep 2006 12:06:12 -0500 (CDT) From: Gadi Evron <ge@...uxbox.org> To: "Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP]" <sbradcpa@...bell.net> Cc: botnets@...testar.linuxbox.org, full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com Subject: Re: ZERT patch [was: 0day for IE (Disabling Javascript no longer a fix)] On Mon, 25 Sep 2006, Susan Bradley, CPA aka Ebitz - SBS Rocks [MVP] wrote: > Jesper's Blog : More options on protecting against recent IE > vulnerabilities on a domain: > http://msinfluentials.com/blogs/jesper/archive/2006/09/22/More-options-on-protecting-against-the-VML-vulnerability-on-a-domain.aspx > > I like that option better. Leaves me supported and honestly I've not > seen anything that I'm running that's used VML or freaked since I've > done that? The patch is available, but if the workaround works for you, you should definitely use that. All things being even, third party patches should be a last resort. Gadi. > > Gadi Evron wrote: > > On Sun, 24 Sep 2006, Bill Stout wrote: > > > >> http://sunbeltblog.blogspot.com/2006/09/seen-in-wild-zero-day-exploit-be > >> ing.html > >> "This exploit can be mitigated by turning off Javascripting. > >> > >> Update: Turning off Javascripting is no longer a valid mitigation. A > >> valid mitigation is unregistering the VML dll. " > >> > > > > There is, of course, the ZERT (Zeroday Emergency Response Team) patch, > > available to those who choose to use it. > > Along with source code, testing methodology, etc. > > > > Naturally a vendor patch is BETTER, this is merely an alternative that can > > be used, right now, by those who choose to do so. > > > > http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,2019162,00.asp > > http://isotf.org/zert/ > > > > Richard wrote an interesting blog entry on it: > > http://taosecurity.blogspot.com/2006/09/zert-evolution.html > > > > > >> Bill Stout > >> > > > > Gadi. > > > > > > > > -- > Letting your vendors set your risk analysis these days? > http://www.threatcode.com > > If you are a SBSer and you don't subscribe to the SBS Blog... man ... I will hunt you down... > http://blogs.technet.com/sbs > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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