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Patch available for critical Veritas i3 Server vulnerability



David Litchfield of NGSSoftware has discovered a critical vulnerability in the Veritas i3 Focalpoint Server. This component can be found bundled with other servers such as Indepth for Oracle. Versions known to be affected are 7.1 and earlier.

Veritas has developed a patch to fix the problem. More information can be found here:

http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/276119.htm

NGSSoftware are going to withhold details about this flaw for three months. Full details will be published on the Tuesday, 12th of July 2005. This three month window will allow Veritas customers the time needed to test and apply the patch before the details are released to the general public. This reflects NGSSoftware's new approach to responsible disclosure.

Typhon III, NGSSoftware's advanced vulnerability assessment scanner, has been updated to check for and positively identify this flaw. More information about Typhon can be found here: http://www.ngssoftware.com/typhon.htm

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