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Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:22:01 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Frank Mehnert <frank.mehnert@...cle.com>, halfdog <me@...fdog.net>,
        Raphael Geissert <geissert@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: CVE for Virtualbox 0x8 DoS?

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On 09/14/2012 04:22 AM, Frank Mehnert wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Friday 14 September 2012 12:12:44 halfdog wrote:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Kurt Seifried wrote:
>>> On 09/13/2012 10:59 AM, Raphael Geissert wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>> Has a CVE id been finally assigned for the following issue? 
>>>> http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2012/VirtualBoxSoftwareInterrupt0x8Guest
>>>>
>>>> 
Crash/
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> - From that page:
>>> 
>>> 20120910: Oracle security decides, that CVE should be assigned
>>> 
>>> Can Oracle/halfdog.net communicate the CVE to the community 
>>> please?
>> 
>> I do not have that information yet. The information about
>> intended CVE assignment till October update was exchanged off
>> list, contact on Oracle side was Mr. Mehnert.
>> 
>> Early disclosure of this issue was due to misconception, that
>> Oracle would have assessed severity, need for CVE and
>> communication of disclosure timeline before releasing patch as
>> maintenance release. The early disclosure mixed up the whole 
>> reporting/analyze/classify/CVE-assign/disclosure process
>> somehow.
> 
> The security folks told me that there will be a CVE which will be 
> visible with the next scheduled Oracle CPU date (in October 2012).
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Frank

Thanks, can you post it here so people have something to reference and
we can close this thread? Thanks.

- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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