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Date: Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:13:28 -0700
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: Reed Loden <reed@...dloden.com>, Steven Christey <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: YUI 2.x security issue regarding embedded SWF
files -- or, How Not To Handle A Security Disclosure
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On 11/04/2012 01:34 PM, Reed Loden wrote:
> I haven't seen this posted at all, but it seems there's some
> (major?) security issue regarding the SWF files embedded in YUI 2.
> The YUI team has published a blog post regarding this problem
> asking users to e-mail them for details.
>
> http://www.yuiblog.com/blog/2012/10/30/security-announcement-swf-vulnerability-in-yui-2/
>
> The comments are a great read. Ryan Grove (former Yahoo! and YUI
> core team guy) hits the point on the head regarding disclosure
> handling of the issue. Apparently, some people/companies have
> already been notified directly weeks ago, and this is how the YUI
> team is continuing the disclosure process by just asking projects
> to e-mail them instead of just releasing the fix to the public at
> this stage. :/
>
> Might want to go ahead and get a CVE assigned to whatever this
> issue is, and hope more details come out of this soon so YUI 2
> users can actually get patched instead of having to request access
> to the fix...
>
> ~reed (speaking only for himself)
Have any CVE's been issued for this issue? I can't find any. More to
the point does this kind of issue (is it a service strictly?) even get
a CVE? Steve?
- --
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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