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Re: KeePass version 2.12 <= Insecure DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll)

From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>
Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2010 23:37:53 +0200
Do you mean that the practical solution would be for MS to set
sensible defaults? It took them many years for SafeDllSearchMode,
expect just as many for CWDIllegalInDllSearch.


Did you read my email about real-world testing of this issue?
MS issued a patch quite some time ago.
This "vulnerability" is no more on all of MS's OSes (due to the
several replies to that email, I also tested it on XP Pro SP3 +
patched...the vulnerability didn't work).


In the meantime, let us get all apps fixed.


Sure, fix them all up, be my guest. See you in 2 years' time.


Or install Ubuntu.


Perhaps you would be intrigued to know that an issue, which shares
this same concept, also applies to Linux.
Well, actually it ain't Linux's fault. It is the fault of most
scripting applications' out there (batch, php, asp and probably python
ruby sh etc, and of course, all applications that use them). And this
time it can't be easily fixed.

That said, since I consider the underlying risk well beyond useless, I
won't even bother arguing about this (so don't bother asking).


Cheers,
Chris.


On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 11:13 PM,  <paul.szabo () sydney edu au> wrote:

Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com> wrote:


... the approach to fixing it is not practical ...
... it is [the fault of] the underlying dll loading mechanism.


Do you mean that the practical solution would be for MS to set
sensible defaults? It took them many years for SafeDllSearchMode,
expect just as many for CWDIllegalInDllSearch.

In the meantime, let us get all apps fixed. Or install Ubuntu.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz () maths usyd edu au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia



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