Re: openssh remote exploit

[KF <dotslash () snosoft com>]

The apache chunked issue was not exploitable either...
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/493
*gobble gobble*

-KF



Mike Griffin wrote:
> To quote the FreeBSD draft advisory taken from freebsd-security:
> III. Impact
>
> A remote attacker can cause OpenSSH to crash.  The bug is not believed
> to be exploitable for code execution on FreeBSD.
> --- excerpt ---
>
> So it depends on your definition of remote hole. This doesn't appear 
> to have potential for anything other than DoS.
>
> On 17 Sep 2003 at 6:43, Darren Reed wrote:
>
>
> > In some mail from Edward W. Ray, sie said:
> >
> > > Either your just an ass or an Theo hater or both.
> > >
> > > Either way, your comments are without merit.  If one looks at the record of
> > > OpenBSD and OpenSSH it is certainly way better than the other software out
> > > there.
> >
> > Really ?  I think you'll find that there are quite a number of people,
> > aside from myself, who think that the "1 exploit in X years" is on one
> > end of it as misleading and the other end, a lie, excluding this current
> > openssh problem.
> >
> > But that statement is as much market fodder as much anything else.
> >
> > As for the "way better", I'll take your comment as a completely
> > subjective comment as the way in which you measure software
> > quality may not be the same as the way I (or others) measure it.
> >
> > I could go on and cite examples but I don't think that's necessary.
> >
> > Some people, like you, believe openbsd/openssh is the best software
> > that exists today.  Others don't and I'm sure there are examples and
> > counter examples to prove either side.  My only advice is try not to
> > take criticism of it personally.
> >
> > Darren
> >
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