bugtraq - Re: Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass

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Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2006 20:31:42 +0100
From: Tomasz Kojm <tkojm@...mav.net>
To: 3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU>
Cc: Hendrik Weimer <hendrik@...o.de>, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	info@...persky.com, <info@...ecure.com>
Subject: Re: Multiple Vendor Unusual MIME Encoding Content Filter Bypass

On Thu, 7 Dec 2006 22:00:31 +0300
3APA3A <3APA3A@...URITY.NNOV.RU> wrote:

> Dear Tomasz Kojm,
> 
> TK> That's _extremely_ irresponsible to disclose bugs without giving the
> TK> vendors any chance to fix them and prepare new software releases.
> 
>  This  is  a  rare  case I can not agree with such statement.
> 
>  Ability  to  bypass  content  filter is not a bug before this issues is
>  used in-the-wild, like ability to write undetectable virus is not a bug
>  in  antivirus. It may be simply impossible to find all vendors and wait
>  for all fixes.

I pretty much agree here, however I was particularly talking about the DoS
in ClamAV and not the MIME issue which can be fixed with a one-line patch.

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