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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. One man's ruffianity... by Capt.+Skinny · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One man's unrefined ruffianity is another man's unconscious vernacular.

    Moving to a university research lab after five years in IT at a paper mill in East Bumville, I really had to make a conscious effort to unlearn the conversational vernacular that I had picked up over the last few years.

    Oh, and I believe the correct expression is "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth?"