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Re: Podbeuter podcast fetcher: remote code execution


From: Kurt Seifried <kseifrie () redhat com>
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 15:25:53 -0600

I never spoke or advocated about delaying things or timelines and CVEs except in the sense I'd like to make it easier 
and get CVEs attached to things fast so that issues can be disclosed ASAP, ideally with a CVE. I want to have my cake, 
and eat it, and share it with everyone else.


-Kurt





On Sep 17, 2017, at 10:23, Solar Designer <solar () openwall com> wrote:

On Sun, Sep 17, 2017 at 09:59:11AM -0600, Kurt Seifried wrote:
many orgs (probably not open source distros run by
volunteers, but more big corps) literally do have a clock start ticking
when a CVE comes to light

I think that's not a reason to delay disclosing an issue to everyone
else until there's a CVE ID.  If those orgs have such poor, limited, or
maybe cost-saving processes (saving on not needing to bother with issues
lacking CVE IDs, no matter how serious), it's their problem and their
users'.  They deliberately put themselves at a competitive disadvantage.
So be it.  This only reaffirms me in my suggested approach: public
disclosure first, CVE next.  So those big corps will have a reason to
fix the issues anyway, just with their self-imposed delay.

Alexander


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