bugtraq - Re: [VulnWatch] Details of Sybase ASE bugs withheld

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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 21:50:22 -0000
From: "David Litchfield" <davidl@...software.com>
To: "Halvar Flake" <HalVar@....de>,
	"NGSSoftware Insight Security Research" <nisr@...tgenss.com>
Cc: <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>, <ntbugtraq@...tserv.ntbugtraq.com>,
	<vulnwatch@...nwatch.org>
Subject: Re: [VulnWatch] Details of Sybase ASE bugs withheld

Hey Halvar,
> am I understanding this correctly ? Sybase is threatening "something"
> so that the technical details of the vulnerability are kept secret
> indefinitely ?

Yes - you understand correctly. Needless to say I hope all of this can be 
resolved amicably; and the details will be published.

>
> This is a rather curious development. Are the pre/post patch versions
> freely downloadable ?

To be honest, I don't know, but if the patch is freely downloadable, let's 
face it, the "details" are there to anyone with a disassembler, anyway. This 
kind of legal threat achieves nothing other than to make legit researchers 
fearful about being sued if they find and publish security issues - even if 
they do so in a responsible manner. In such a climate security research will 
be driven underground - which is where the "good guys" really don't want it 
to be.

Cheers,
David Litchfield
Research Scientist
NGSSoftware Ltd
http://www.ngssoftware.com/