Re: Oracle and setting the record straight

[Adam Laurie <adam.laurie () thebunker net>]

David Litchfield wrote:
> Hey all,
> I don't know whether this helps serve any purpose or not, other than the 
> vent some of my own frustrations; however...
>
> In the wake of the release of Alex Kornbrust's details on some Oracle 
> flaws there has been some discussion in various places about when I 
> supposedly did the same thing last year at Blackhat - i.e. release 
> information on Oracle bugs in the absence of a vendor supplied patch.
>
> For the record, I did _not_ do this.
>
> So, setting the record straight: I was due to present a talk that 
> centered around a batch of Oracle vulnerabilities at Blackhat last year. 
> I gave Oracle a heads up and explained that I intended to do so and 
> questioned whether the patches would be ready. On the day of the talk I 
> was informed by Oracle that the patches were not ready and so when I got 
> up on the stage I proceeeded to tell everyone exactly why I could no 
> longer do the talk. i.e. I can't do the talk because Oracle failed to 
> patch the problems I was going to talk about.
>
> I did not discuss in any form or fashion the actual bugs.

FWIW, I was there, and can confirm that this is true. Indeed, Dave was 
put in a very awkward position, having to pull most of the content of 
his talk at the last minute...

cheers,
Adam
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