On 2012-03-17 Thugzclub wrote:
> On 16 Mar 2012, at 09:29, Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq (at) planetcobalt (dot) net [email concealed]> wrote:
>> On 2012-03-14 Alex Fiuvertiz wrote:
>>> http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52353
>>
>> New vulnerabilities will be discovered every now and then. Duh. The
>> question is: do they get fixed in a timely manner?
>
> The fact is that "open port" is a potential attack vector because a
> vulnerability may be discovered in the application.

I'm sorry to have to break this to you, but as long as you're using
TCP/IP you need an open port if you want to be able to establish a
connection.

> This is why you need to rely application execution control products
> like (Lumension, App Blocker) to prevent execution of unknown
> binaries!

Software Restriction Policies exist. However, application control is
unlikely to be of much help when malware is run in the context of
privileged accounts.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
--
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq

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