Paul Schmehl wrote:
--On October 15, 2006 7:49:55 PM +0200 Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Maybe the bug was not in your vuxml when you compiled php5-5.1.6_1. You
can use:
make -DDISABLE_VULNERABILITIES install clean
It will ignore the vuxml entry.
No offense, but anybody who *deliberately* installs a vulnerable version
of php in *today's* world, is an absolute fool. Some of us are *stuck*
with the vulnerable version, because we installed before the
vulnerability was found. We can't go back because previous versions are
*also* vulnerable.
But *deliberately* installing it when you *know* it's vulnerable - and
one of the most attacked applications on the internet? Foolhardy
doesn't quite grasp the insanity of that.
That is a bit extreme. I have a full workload, I put in about 60 hours a
week (I work a lot of weekends, I'm working now). I have servers running
all different version of apps. I can't go around upgrading everything at
the drop of a hat. I would be divorced within a month.
If you read the security alerts carefully you will find many require a
shell (We don't offer them to clients), some require a specific app to
be running that you may not need (rm -f /usr/local/bin/vulnerable_app),
and sometimes a simple code audit will tell you if you are vulnerable.
It is also not uncommon that a security alert is issued for a problem
that has not be proven in the wild.
There are plenty of reasons to not follow a security alert, many of them
quite valid. Upgrading mission critical systems without throughly
understanding the implications just because someone screamed SECURITY!,
now that is foolhardy.
DAve
--
Three years now I've asked Google why they don't have a
logo change for Memorial Day. Why do they choose to do logos
for other non-international holidays, but nothing for
Veterans?
Maybe they forgot who made that choice possible.
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