Re: [Full-disclosure] Mozilla Firefox "Host:" Buffer Overflow

[Dave Aitel <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Andrew R. Reiter wrote:

> On Fri, 9 Sep 2005, Dave Aitel wrote:
>
> :It's not consideration to hide the actual risk from users of the product.
> :That's just Microsoft hogwash.
> :
> :Right now, everyone knows they are at risk, and what to do about it - we can
> :stop using Firefox if we think it's a high enough risk vulnerability to do so.
> :This is definately better than just being in the dark for another week or so
> :until they get the patch done.
> :
> :-dave
>
> What about all those poor mom's and dad's who were encouraged to use 
> Firefox but have 0 clue as to what the heck Full-Disclosure is?  Seems to 
> me your idea of "everyone" is misguided.
>
> Cheers,
>
> :
They can all now be helped by their more technically inclined family 
members. This isn't an option in vendor-monopoly disclosure models, 
where you just have to pray that only the vendor and a few other people 
know about the bug, and they're not bothering to exploit your poor mom 
or dad (or yourself).

They're probably still better off using Firefox, of course, just not 
completely immune. Which you already assumed, right?

-dave
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