David Litchfield of NGSSoftware has discovered a critical vulnerability in
the Veritas i3 Focalpoint Server. This component can be found bundled with
other servers such as Indepth for Oracle. Versions known to be affected are
7.1 and earlier.
Veritas has developed a patch to fix the problem. More information can be
found here:
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/276119.htm
NGSSoftware are going to withhold details about this flaw for three months.
Full details will be published on the Tuesday, 12th of July 2005. This three
month window will allow Veritas customers the time needed to test and apply
the patch before the details are released to the general public. This
reflects NGSSoftware's new approach to responsible disclosure.
Typhon III, NGSSoftware's advanced vulnerability assessment scanner, has
been updated to check for and positively identify this flaw. More
information about Typhon can be found here:
http://www.ngssoftware.com/typhon.htm
NGSSoftware Insight Security Research
http://www.nextgenss.com/
+44(0)208 401 0070
Received on Apr 12 2005
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