full-disclosure - Re: Third-party patch for CVE-2007-3896, UPDATE NOW

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Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:29:27 -0400
From: <full-disclosure@....hush.com>
To: <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,<hackbunny@...tpj.org>
Cc: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Third-party patch for CVE-2007-3896,
	UPDATE NOW

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Nice catch.

On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:16:21 -0400 "KJK::Hyperion"
<hackbunny@...tpj.org> wrote:
>KJK::Hyperion ha scritto:
>> The present patch is dramatically under-tested and it has
>underwent no
>> quality assurance procedure whatsoever, so please deploy with
>the
>> greatest care.
>
>Indeed, I just found a gruesome memory leak in it. A silly bug,
>brown
>paperbag-grade shame. If you installed my patch, upgrade RIGHT
>THIS
>MOMENT NOW or slowly die:
>
><http://spacebunny.xepher.net/hack/shellexecutefiasco/>
>
>For the press guys watching: THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT, more
>important than
>the original patch was. I don't expect "shitty patch actually
>shitty" to
>seriously make the big headlines, but, hey, a heads up: there is a
>good
>reason Microsoft takes a lot of time to put patches out, after
>all. I
>don't do this for the reputation, either: I already made a U-turn
>on my
>feelings about the vulnerability, I'm not too proud to admit my
>mistakes
>(god knows how big the egos can get in FD)
>
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