We did find a problem in Web Messaging and we are working on a patch now. However, we still have not determined what the unauthorized patch sent out with the notification was intended to do and we advise customers to not run it.
John Korsak Product Marketing Manager, IMail Server ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Leske" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:04 AM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] > 3 CHEERS for Scott!!.. > > ;-) > > ~Rick > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of R. Scott Perry > Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 7:13 AM - MGMT.TV > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] > > > > >i hope someone it ipswitch is paying attention to bugtraq, that guys seems > >pretty convinced at least that there IS an exploitable hole. > > They definitely are paying attention, and have tried to reproduce the > problem. > > I, however, can give very little credibility to a hacker that sends a > program to thousands of people, trying to get them to run it, claiming that > it is a patch. The standard procedure when finding a security hole is to > inform the company that makes the product, give them time to fix it, and > then post information about the hole. Bypassing the step of informing the > company is very unprofessional, and sending a patch that is almost > certainly a trojan horse -- well I'll let everyone come to their own > conclusion about that one. > > FWIW, Ipswitch has a very good track record in dealing with *legitimate* > security holes. > > -Scott > - > > ___________________________________________________________________ > Virus Scanned and Filtered by http://www.FamHost.com E-Mail System. > > > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html > to be removed from this list. > > An Archive of this list is available at: > http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ > > Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked > questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/ > Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit the Knowledge Base for answers to frequently asked questions: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
