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Message-ID: <542956C5.5010505@coochey.net>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 13:55:33 +0100
From: Giles Coochey <giles@...chey.net>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, chet.ramey@...e.edu
Subject: Re: Re: CVE-2014-6271: remote code execution through
bash (3rd vulnerability)
On 29/09/2014 12:17, Loganaden Velvindron wrote:
> HI Chet, As you are aware, a sixth security issue has been discovered.
> Due to the nature of the vulnerability, I believe that it's best to
> break backward compatibility as done by FreeBSD and NetBSD until a
> proper patch is developed. We are lucky to have security researchers
> reporting their findings publicly. What about others that don't ? I
> strongly believe that it's much safer to have it disabled, and have a
> complete and comprehensive audit of the source code, and then
> re-enable it.
Am I the only one who is wondering: Who is paying Chet to do this?
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Giles Coochey, CCNP, CCNA, CCNAS
NetSecSpec Ltd
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