Re: Linux kernel exploit

[Benji <me () b3nji com>]

it doesnt contribute to testing, i can assure you there's been enough
'tests' of this exploit.

On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:32 PM, Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd] <
cal.leeming () simplicitymedialtd co uk> wrote:

> Actually Ryan, I'll think you'll find a lot of people just wanted to
> contribute towards testing, as most authors will appreciate the masses
> testing on as many systems as possible.
>
> It's not a case of anyone "showing off", it's simply that a lot of people
> simply don't have time to read the "small print".
>
> On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 9:27 PM, Ryan Sears <rdsears () mtu edu> wrote:
>
> > Hey Dan,
> >
> > Freaking THANK YOU first and foremost. I've been waiting for someone to
> > say that for days now, and was just about to myself.
> >
> > Just because everyone and their brother want's to show off that they can
> > compile & run some software (herp a derp, good job) DOESN'T mean they should
> > immediately post it here. I tested it against an OLDER KERNEL on purpose
> > because I actually read the headers and the exploit worked as expected. I
> > knew that this was responsibly disclosed, so it was already patched on any
> > system that I updated. If you don't have the proper symbols, then the
> > exploit doesn't have the proper offsets, and the exploit will fail. Plain
> > and simple. *THEN* there's people who don't even bother to read that "Red
> > Hat does not support Econet by default". DOES NOT. As in the exploit WON'T
> > WORK!
> >
> > It's pathetic that the original exploit dev has to waste his time saying
> > the same thing 5 times.
> >
> > </rant>
> >
> > Ryan Sears
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "dan j rosenberg" <dan.j.rosenberg () gmail com>
> > To: "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]" <
> > cal.leeming () simplicitymedialtd co uk>,
> > full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk, "Ariel Biener" <
> > ariel () post tau ac il>
> > Cc: "leandro lista" <leandro_lista () portari com br>,
> > firebits () backtrack com br, bugtraq () securityfocus com,
> > full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
> > Sent: Monday, December 13, 2010 4:08:05 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux kernel exploit
> >
> > Please don't inundate me with e-mail because none of you bothered to read
> > the exploit header.
> >
> > The exploit so far has a 100% success rate on the systems it was designed
> > to work on.
> >
> > I don't think this is rocket science.  If your distribution does not
> > compile Econet, then the exploit obviously won't be able to open an Econet
> > socket.  This includes Arch Linux, Gentoo, Fedora, Red Hat, CentOS,
> > Slackware, and more.  This doesn't mean you're not vulnerable, it just means
> > this particular exploit won't work.
> >
> > If your distro doesn't export the relevant symbols (Debian), ditto above.
> >
> > If your distro has patched the Econet vulnerabilities I used to trigger
> > this (Ubuntu), ditto above.
> >
> > This was done on purpose, to avoid giving a weaponized exploit to people
> > who shouldn't have one.
> >
> > -Dan
> >
> >
> > Sent from my Verizon Wireless BlackBerry
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: "Cal Leeming [Simplicity Media Ltd]"
> >        <cal.leeming () simplicitymedialtd co uk>
> > Sender: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
> > Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2010 20:40:45
> > To: Ariel Biener<ariel () post tau ac il>
> > Cc: <leandro_lista () portari com br>; <firebits () backtrack com br>; <
> > bugtraq () securityfocus com>; <full-disclosure () lists grok org uk>
> > Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Linux kernel exploit
> >
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