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RE: Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock


From: "Jason Bethune" <jbethune () town kentville ns ca>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 14:58:18 -0300

I am protected against this attack; I have "Sandals 3.0 v.34" in place at
this time. I urge all to switch to this robust system.

Jason Bethune

IT Specialist
Town of Kentville
354 Main Street
Kentville, NS 
B4N 1K6

www.town.kentville.ns.ca


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From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of y0himba
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 2:18 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock

I think I can help you...

My questions:

Has somebody already detected a working exploit for this hole in the wild?
Yes.  He goes by the name of "Digger The Dermatophite"

Can this hole be exploited if the socks are laying on a shelf in a cabinet?
I think that depends on how well the shelf is secured.  In a non-secure
environment a hacker may be able to potentially inject something into the
hole.

Can somebody exploit the hole on the street, while I'm wearing the socks? 
See the email about "Shoe 2.0" that should help.  Thank God vendors like him
are around!

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Peter
Bruderer
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 1:10 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock

This hole must be a general misconception of the product. After checking my
socks I found a hole in all of them! They are all size 9 1/2.

My questions:

Has sombody already detected a working exploit for this hole in the wild?

Can this hole be exploited if the socks are laying on a shelf in a cabinet?

Can somebody exploit the hole on the street, while I'm wearing the socks?

On Thu, 2005-09-08 at 12:50 -0400, Dave Cawley wrote:
      The sock came with the factory installed configuration.
This hole is not part of that configuration and there is no mechanism 
in the origial configuration to close this one off.

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-----Original Message-----
From: Craig, Tobin (OIG) [mailto:tobin.craig () va gov]
Sent: Thursday, September 08, 2005 12:46 PM
To: Dave Cawley; full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Secuirty Hole Found In Dave's Sock


It seems that the proprietary and the open source manufacturers agreed 
upon a standardized default configuration: all models are designed 
with one hole, used for deployment. Are you reporting the existence of 
a second hole, or is this an observation of the factory installed 
default configuration?

My recommendation is to isolate the sock until a full forensic 
examination can be performed.

Just another thought,

Tobin




-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
<full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk>
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
<full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
Sent: Thu Sep 08 12:10:28 2005
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.cawley () adelphia com |
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