Re: [Full-disclosure] SecNiche : Microsoft Internet Explorer Pop up Blocker Bypassing and Dos Vulnerability

[Pranay Kanwar <warl0ck@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

I fully agree with your explanation and reason on the JWIG issue.

regards

warl0ck // MSG

Steven M. Christey wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Aug 2007, Pranay Kanwar wrote:
> 
>> Frankly i now feel, that its not SecNiche's fault entirely, it has got a
>> lot of encouragement from its past invalid and absurd claims.
>>
>> Such as
>>
>> _JWIG Context Dependent Template Calling Denial of Service Vulnerability._
>> http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2007-3816
>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24974
>> http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/35515
> 
> I characterized this as a design limitation that could become an issue in
> applications that are written using JWIG, not JWIG itself:
> 
>   http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0580.html
> 
> Yet nobody followed up on this to dispute my assessment or agree with it.
> What is your opinion?
> 
> 
>> Also i am pretty sure the above links will stay forever and i don't suppose i
>> have to explain why.
> 
> The CVEs will remain as a record of a report that was heavily disputed;
> unlike other vuln DBs, CVE and OSVDB don't just erase records when an
> issue is disputed.  We want a provable resolution to such disputes, if one
> ever arises.
> 
> - Steve
> 

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