full-disclosure - Re: Google Accounts Security Vulnerability

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Message-ID: <CA+TcGd_k4bwGxL2S-vs+=2yLt4zA3ad7Nu4tyoVZtKv8aKcFQA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 May 2012 06:16:03 -0400
From: Kyle Creyts <kyle.creyts@...il.com>
To: "Michael J. Gray" <mgray@...tcode.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Google Accounts Security Vulnerability

Creating test accounts and reproducing this bug sounds like a
responsible thing to do.

On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 4:22 PM, Michael J. Gray <mgray@...tcode.com> wrote:
> That was a bit ambiguous and I apologize for that. I meant that I had
> reproduced the issue several times, not created test accounts. I'm willing
> to bet it's not just a few accounts being affected.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jann Horn [mailto:jannhorn@...glemail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 4:39 AM
> To: Michael J. Gray
> Cc: 'Thor (Hammer of God)'; 'Dan Kaminsky';
> full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Google Accounts Security Vulnerability
>
> On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 12:04:43PM -0700, Michael J. Gray wrote:
>> On why I don't want to provide my email address to Google:
>>
>> It's a different email address which I don't want associated with this
>> email address for various reasons. That is why I am not going to provide
> it.
>>
>> Your assumption that it's a simple piece of information and requires
>> no effort to give out is correct, but the impact of the association is
>> unwanted.
>
> Sounds reasonable.
>
>
>> The fact that Google can create a test account and reproduce the issue
>> (as I have now done several times) tells me that they want the account
>> information for some other purpose or that they're just being lazy.
>
> So, you now have a test account that doesn't reveal any secrets about you
> and which is affected... so you could surely give Google the name of that
> one?
>
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-- 
Kyle Creyts

Information Assurance Professional
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