Also, yeah, it is only read-only. I think the most dangerous thing about this is the fact that it is seemingly undetectable.
Codenomicon obviously was more concerned about the press than they were about this issue. On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:20 AM, Ivan .Heca <ivan...@gmail.com> wrote: > to be fair to Bruce, here is his entire post on the subject > > https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2014/04/heartbleed.html > > > On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Paul Vixie <p...@redbarn.org> wrote: > > > > > > > Paul Vixie wrote: > > > Michal Zalewski wrote: > > >>> > > > http://m.smh.com.au/it-pro/security-it/man-who-introduced-serious-heartbleed-security-flaw-denies-he-inserted-it-deliberately-20140410-zqta1.html > > >>> > > > > > > when the internet moved out of academia and into the larger population, > > > we got tabloids and ambulance chasers in the deal. ick. > > > > speaking of ambulance chasers, in the above-referenced article, THIS > > little gem: > > > > "On a scale of one to 10, it is an 11," renowned security expert Bruce > > Schneier said of the bug. > > > > really bruce? on a scale of doesn't-matter-at-all to > > worst-thing-you-could-have-previously-imagined, a read only exploit is > > even worse than that? no remote file modification, no root shell, no > > non-root shell, no data-modification, no arbitrary file system reads... > > just a read only heap exploit, and it's worse than anything you could > > have previously fucking imagined? > > > > gentlemen and ladies, we have met the enemy, and they are our egos. > > > > vixie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list > > http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure > > Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/ > > > > _______________________________________________ > Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list > http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure > Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/ > -- http://volatile-minds.blogspot.com -- blog http://www.volatileminds.net -- website _______________________________________________ Sent through the Full Disclosure mailing list http://nmap.org/mailman/listinfo/fulldisclosure Web Archives & RSS: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/
