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RHEL, kernel vulnerabilities, and days of risk

RHEL, kernel vulnerabilities, and days of risk

Posted Mar 25, 2005 8:10 UTC (Fri) by khim (subscriber, #9252)
In reply to: RHEL, kernel vulnerabilities, and days of risk by quickening
Parent article: RHEL, kernel vulnerabilities, and days of risk

Exactly! If you can remotely crash the box then chances are high it's buffer overflow somewhere and that it can be used as exploit - but since exploit is not shown Microsoft can claim "it's not a security issue".

When and if exploit will be shown they'll claim "it's new, just discovered problem" and counter will be reset...


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