full-disclosure - Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock

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Date: Thu Sep  8 17:17:46 2005
From: spamproof at nospammail.net (Rob)
Subject: Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock

Dave,

Please don't rehash 1000 year old vulnerabilities unless you are adding 
new info...

Thanks

Dave Cawley wrote:

>Date:		9/8/2005
>
>Vulnerability Found:   	Hole In Dave's Socket
>
>Affected System:		Dave's Right Sock
>
>Severity:			Rating: Moderately Critical
>				Impact: System access
>				Where:  Foot
>
>Description of Vulnerability:  This morning while putting my socks
>on I found a small (1/4 inch) hole by my big toe. This could be
>exploited by a virus through the bottom of the foot or under the
>toe nail. This could be used to compromise Dave's entire system.
>
>Solution: No permanent solution is currently available. A work
>around is to wear the sock on the other foot to have the hole
>above the small toe where it will not be furthur enlarged, it
>will proboably fold over and partially cover the vulnerability.
>Permanent solution coming in either a sock darning or upgrading
>the unit to a new sock.
>
>Time Table:		Found at 7:48am on Sept 8th, 1005
>  
>
                                                                                                              
^^^^

>			Work around figured out at 7:49am on Sept 8th,
>2005
>			Permanent Solution Pending
>
>Credits:		Found by Dave
>
>References:		No references available.
>
>
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