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Re: n.runs-SA-2007.027 - Sophos Antivirus UPX parsing Arbitrary CodeExecution Advisory


From: Lisa Thalheim <thalheim () informatik hu-berlin de>
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2007 12:25:52 +0200

Hi Sergio,

Sergio Alvarez wrote:

I ask for apologies for the mistake.
Unfortunately we can't give more details about the vulnerability because
the German Law (ยง202)

I beg to differ. The update to 202c is somewhat cryptic and it's still
unclear what its implications will be, although I know lawyers here (==
in .de) who say that the addition introduced is simply redundant.

But whatever your take on this 202c addition is: It really, really,
_really_ doesn't say anything about publishing information concerning
vulnerabilities.

Regards,
Lisa

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