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Emergency Workaround For Oracle 0-Day

Posted by kdawson on from the maybe-somebody-shorted-the-stock dept.

Almost Live writes "Oracle has released an out-of-cycle alert to offer mitigation for a zero-day exploit that's been posted on the Internet. The emergency workaround addresses an unpatched remote buffer overflow that's remotely exploitable without the need for a username and password, and can result in compromising the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of the targeted system." Whoever published the vulnerability and matching exploit code did not contact Oracle first.

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  1. Whoops, that was my fault by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    I sent the email to 0racle. Too much l33tness, sorry.

  2. nice timing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    This would seem to be a pretty decent answer to the previous thread (How do geeks get exercise).

    1. Re:nice timing by jd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Hmmm. Is it indoors? Check. Lots of sweating? Check. Potential for heart attacks in unfit people? Check. Ok, it meets the criteria.

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  3. Worthless by jlarocco · · Score: 5, Funny

    For christ's sake. At least link to the fucking Oracle page.

    If I wanted to read ZDNet, I'd just go to fucking ZDNet.

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  4. Re:Another victim of C/C++ lack of array safety by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    And Princess Diana is a victim of cars lack of a 30 MPH speed cap.

  5. Re:That's why I use... by The+MAZZTer · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can I watch you insert and sort and group 45000 rows of data? That's gotta be a sight to behold.

  6. Re:Another victim of C/C++ lack of array safety by ByOhTek · · Score: 4, Funny

    or for the love of Pete use an std::vector.

    What's love got to do with it? In fact, if you go for money, you are probably more likely to find a good std::vector. Sorry, old joke. Couldn't resist.

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  7. Re:That's why I use... by ruiner13 · · Score: 5, Funny

    SQL: >select * from pages(start=1,end=1222) order by name asc
    [command executing...]
    [timeout ID-10-T - CPU has entered sleep mode]
    /usr/bin >

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  8. Re:One man's ruffianity... by ozphx · · Score: 5, Funny

    And the correct answer is "No, but I kiss yours."

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