Re: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 05.22.03: Authentication Bypass in iisPROTECT

["Steven M. Christey" <coley () mitre org>]

> EMail sent and patch provided the same day. I hope iDefense had a few
> good reasons to hold on to this for over 100 days before even
> reporting it to the vendor.

Regardless of what the source of the delay was, I don't think this is
much different than the posts in which the bug finder says "I found
this a couple months ago and forgot about it, but now I guess I'll
post it."

People who regularly read disclosure histories will see these kinds of
delays on a regular basis from a variety of researchers, sometimes
even from people who advocate 0-day releases.

There can be many reasons for a delay, such as "couldn't find the
right POC at the vendor," "wanted to research the bug more," "got too
busy with my real job," "found a more serious bug in a different
product," etc.

- Steve
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