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Message-Id: <201209141222.33220.frank.mehnert@oracle.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Sep 2012 12:22:33 +0200
From: Frank Mehnert <frank.mehnert@...cle.com>
To: halfdog <me@...fdog.net>
Cc: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com, Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>,
        Raphael Geissert <geissert@...ian.org>
Subject: Re: CVE for Virtualbox 0x8 DoS?

Hi,

On Friday 14 September 2012 12:12:44 halfdog wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Kurt Seifried wrote:
> > On 09/13/2012 10:59 AM, Raphael Geissert wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Has a CVE id been finally assigned for the following issue?
> >> http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2012/VirtualBoxSoftwareInterrupt0x8Guest
> >> Crash/
> >> 
> >>  Regards,
> > 
> > - From that page:
> > 
> > 20120910: Oracle security decides, that CVE should be assigned
> > 
> > Can Oracle/halfdog.net communicate the CVE to the community
> > please?
> 
> I do not have that information yet. The information about intended CVE
> assignment till October update was exchanged off list, contact on
> Oracle side was Mr. Mehnert.
> 
> Early disclosure of this issue was due to misconception, that Oracle
> would have assessed severity, need for CVE and communication of
> disclosure timeline before releasing patch as maintenance release. The
> early disclosure mixed up the whole
> reporting/analyze/classify/CVE-assign/disclosure process somehow.

The security folks told me that there will be a CVE which will be
visible with the next scheduled Oracle CPU date (in October 2012).

Thanks,

Frank
-- 
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