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Date: Wed, 9 Jul 2014 16:40:26 +1000
From: Michael Samuel <mik@...net.net>
To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@....freebsd.dk>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Re: Varnish - no CVE == bug regression
On 9 July 2014 16:13, Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@....freebsd.dk> wrote:
> No, a restart shuts all connections.
>
> The master process' job is to hold the configured stated and start/stop
> the worker process. As part of the startup the socket is opened & bound,
> but the master does not have anything to do with client sockets. This
> is mainly a security decision: The master must be involatile.
I'm not disagreeing with that decision (which obviously has it's own
merits), but if that's the case then this is a low-risk, low impact DoS
vulnerability.
A CVE assignment will trigger out-of-band patches for distros that might
not do so otherwise. Surely you agree that this is desirable?
Regards,
Michael
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