bugtraq - Re: Question About Ethics and Full Disclosure

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Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 14:43:15 -0700
From: "T.J." <tjtoocool@...eaker.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Cc: vuln-dev@...urityfocus.com, webappsec@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Question About Ethics and Full Disclosure


Well...if it's bugging you that much that the software remains 
unpatched, go ahead and post it everywhere. You'd be surprised how 
quickly it will get patched. ;)

Tom wrote:

>I have sat on 2 vulnerabilities for a shopping cart for over a year and
>nothing has changed.  Now I have found a 3rd with new services added to this
>shopping cart. 
>
>I have emailed support several times but NEVER get a response.
>As a security professional and not to be Unethical what would be a
>recommended path to follow?
>	
>* Notify their customers (several 100)
>* Notify the Payment Gateways they are Authorized to use 
>(VeriSign, PayPal, Authorize.NET)
>* Be a total A** and just release it to all the mailing lists and at DEFCON
>
>BTW...I have sent several emails to various parts of VeriSign and NOBODY has
>responded as to the proper person to notify within the organization about
>this. I chose VeriSign because this cart is at the Top of Their List!
>
>IF anyone knows who to contact from VeriSign, authorize.net and PayPal about
>this please email me directly.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Tom Ryan
>
>
>  
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