Re:VirtualBox E1000 Guest-to-Host Escape
by artursapek on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @11:06PM
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Especially the websites/branding of bugs, like Heartbleed, SHAttered, etc. It seems like researchers do this to propel their own fame, for probably financial motives. I imagine it's pretty lucrative to have been the "co-founder" of Heartbleed just like it is lucrative to be the co-founder of a well-known startup.
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Re:VirtualBox E1000 Guest-to-Host Escape
by jayflux on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @03:56AM
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There is truth in that but I do think it makes them easier to refer to when you talk about them 5 years later, I still remember Heartbleed. If someone said to me “Hey, remember when CVE-2014-0160 happened?” I would be like what was that?
So yeah, the awareness side of it helps
Re:VirtualBox E1000 Guest-to-Host Escape
by metildaa on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @12:38AM
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There are better outcomes from doing these kinds of bug brandings, it creates awareness of sometimes serious vulnerabilities and gives us something more friendly to reference a bug by than its CVE #. Who remembers the CVE # for Blueborne or Heartbleed?