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Date:      Fri, 5 Jul 2019 07:52:32 -0700
From:      Dan Langille <dan@langille.org>
To:        Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org>
Cc:        Gordon Tetlow <gordon@tetlows.org>, freebsd-security@freebsd.org, grarpamp <grarpamp@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: CVE-2019-5599 SACK Slowness (FreeBSD 12 using the RACK TCP Stack)
Message-ID:  <AF630E79-3D76-4C9F-B8DF-C5A885DCA8AC@langille.org>
In-Reply-To: <20190705134001.bba2y4dxqirs6xe6@mutt-hbsd>
References:  <CAD2Ti29xZ2Qty8fqgjf_OLvvjODOGyLtWSCzo6xgFB51e-T0ig@mail.gmail.com> <20190618235535.GY32970@gmail.com> <20190619000655.2gde4u5i5ter5exu@mutt-hbsd> <20190703171812.GM32970@gmail.com> <20190705134001.bba2y4dxqirs6xe6@mutt-hbsd>

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> On Jul 5, 2019, at 6:40 AM, Shawn Webb <shawn.webb@hardenedbsd.org> wrote:=

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>> On Wed, Jul 03, 2019 at 10:18:12AM -0700, Gordon Tetlow wrote:
>> Sorry for the late response, only so many hours in the day.
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> Completely understood. Thanks for taking the time to respond!
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>>> On Tue, Jun 18, 2019 at 08:06:55PM -0400, Shawn Webb wrote:
>>> It appears that Netflix's advisory (as of this writing) does not
>>> include a timeline of events. Would FreeBSD be able to provide its
>>> event timeline with regards to CVE-2019-5599?
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>> I don't generally document a timeline of events from our side. This
>> particular disclosure was a bit unusual as it wasn't external but
>> instead was an internal FreeBSD developer the security team often works
>> with. As such, our process was a bit out of sync with normal (as much as
>> we have a normal with our current processes). All of that said, we got
>> notice in early June, about 10 days before public disclosure.
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> Perhaps this might be a good time to start keeping records for future
> vulnerability reports, regardless of source of disclosure.
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> Does FreeBSD publish its vulnerability response process documentation?
> If not, would FreeBSD be open to such transparency?

You=E2=80=99re asking volunteers, performing a very time-consuming task, to d=
o even more work.

The demands of security officer are pretty onerous as it is.


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>>> Were any FreeBSD derivatives given advanced notice? If so, which ones?
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>> They were not. I would like to get to a point where we feel we could
>> give some sort of heads up for downstream, but we aren't there yet.
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> Sounds good. Let me know how I can help. I'm at your service.
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> Thanks,
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> --=20
> Shawn Webb
> Cofounder / Security Engineer
> HardenedBSD
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