[HECnet] Security hole in CSWS

Brian Hechinger wonko at 4amlunch.net
Mon Sep 21 21:46:31 PDT 2009


On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 08:17:02PM +0100, Sampsa Laine wrote:
Guys,

What do you guys think, worth getting in touch with HP? I think this   
could be a potential disaster waiting to happen...

A VMS Guru friend of mine replied with this:

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Not surprising.   I would guess that the source code makes some
bad assumptions about file specifications.

It should definitely be reported to HP.
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-brian
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