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

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Date: Thu Sep  8 17:32:09 2005
From: eddiepena at yahoo.com (J Pena)
Subject: Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock

Holey Moley!!



--- "Swain, Kenneth" <kswain@...power.com> wrote:

> I have already heard about an exploit in the wild.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk
> [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces@...ts.grok.org.uk]
> On Behalf Of Dave
> Cawley
> Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 11:10 AM
> To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: [Full-disclosure] Secuirty Hole Found In
> Dave's Sock
> 
> 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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> Dave D. Cawley           |
> High Speed Internet      |    The number of Unix
> installations
> Duryea, PA               | has grown to 10, with
> more expected.
> (570)451-4311 x104       |  - The Unix Programmer's
> Manual,1972
> dave.cawley@...lphia.com |
>
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