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Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 17:39:43 +0200
From: Nico Golde <oss-security+ml@...lde.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: data-destroiny malfunction: is that a "security" issue
Hi Hanno,
* Hanno Böck <hanno@...eck.de> [2008-10-06 17:23]:
> Today some question arised in my mind.
>
> Preface: I found a bug in obexftp. It has some option -G, which will download
> a file and afterwards delete it. The problem is, it'll do the second step
> even if the first failed. So if you have some connection problem on step 1,
> your file will be gone.
>
> In my case, as it's the internal memory of a mobile phone, it's probably
> pretty much impossible to restore without some professional data rescue lab.
>
>
> Now, my question: Is this a security issue? Does it deserve a CVE?
[...]
As this is nothing that can be triggered by an attacker I
think it's rather a normal application bug or if not a bug
behaviour that should be documented.
Cheers
Nico
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