Re: Full Disclosure of Security Vulnerabilities

[jfvanmeter () comcast net]

I want to thank every one for there comments, I'm going to allow my client to deal with the security issue and wither 
to  make it public.  Funny that sounds like a cop out, but I've been paid so they own the report.

The one thought I keep thinking about is all of the other systems that could be running this software and be 
vulnerabily to the information disclosure and not know about  it.  

You know it would be my karma that some store would have this software load on the same computer that has my personnel 
information stored on it.

Take Care and Have Fun --John
 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: Thrynn <thrynn404 () gmail com>
> I have always treated this as "belongs to the client". As a amtter of
> fact, my contracts say as much.
>
> I'd recommend you give the details of the vulnerability and remedy to
> the client and offer to help them through the disclosure process. You
> cannot force either them or the vendor to do anything. Put the bullet
> in your toolkit for later use and let them do what they will with the
> info.
>
> Handled wrongly, and you can be out of future contention for contracts.
>
> Good luck.
>
> On 10/31/07, jfvanmeter () comcast net <jfvanmeter () comcast net> wrote:
> >  Hello Everyone, I would llike to get your thoughts on Full Disclosure of 
> Security Vulnerabilities . About 3 weeks ago during a per-test of a software 
> suite for a client of myine, I found a directory traversal in a software suite 
> that my client has installed on thousands of workstation.
> > I send screen shots and a packet capture to the vendor and they were able to 
> to recreate the exploit.
> > my cleint doesn't want to go public with it because of the thousands of 
> workstations and servers that its installed on. I also don't believe the vendor 
> will go public with it, what would you all do?
> > Best Regards --John
> >
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