bugtraq - Re: ZDI-09-018: Symantec Client Security Alert Originator Service Stack Overflow Vulnerability

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Date: Wed, 29 Apr 2009 16:54:00 -0400
From: Steve Shockley <steve.shockley@...ckley.net>
To: ZDI Disclosures <zdi-disclosures@...pingpoint.com>
Cc: bugtraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: ZDI-09-018: Symantec Client Security Alert Originator Service
 Stack Overflow Vulnerability

On 4/28/2009 4:39 PM, ZDI Disclosures wrote:
> an attacker can overflow that buffer leading
> to arbitrary code execution in the context of the SYSTEM user.

> -- Disclosure Timeline:
> 2007-09-14 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
> 2009-04-28 - Coordinated public release of advisory

WTF?  What ever happened to using the threat of disclosure to get 
vendors to patch their bugs in a timely manner?  They even released new 
major versions of the product during that time and they're still vulnerable.

I guess responsible disclosure (from the consumer's point of view) isn't 
something polite corporations do.