Re: Mathematica on Linux /tmp/MathLink vulnerability

[Marsh Ray <marsh () extendedsubset com>]

On 5/14/2010 12:16 AM, paul.szabo () sydney edu au wrote:
> Dear Henri,
>
> > Have you requested CVE-identifier for this?
>
> No, sorry, do not know how to do. Was hoping that Wolfram would quickly
> (and "silently") fix the issue; otherwise maybe they can (must?) do.

I reported similar badness in some Intel tools for Linux. Their incident
response has been engaged, but I don't think either of us has requested
a CVE at this point.

Questions for the group:

A. Does anyone think there would be much gained by me requesting (or
insisting on) a CVE number?

B. Does anybody actually care about local escalations any more, or is
everyone just expected to have their very own personal virtual private
cloud for a security boundary?

Thanks,

- Marsh

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