Michał Zalewski

Not to be confused with Michael Zalewski.

Michał Zalewski (born 19 January 1981), also known by the user name lcamtuf, is a "white hat" hacker, computer security expert from Poland and a Google Inc. employee.

He has been a prolific vulnerability researcher and a frequent Bugtraq poster since mid-1990s, and has authored a number of programs for Unix-like operating systems. In 2005, Zalewski authored Silence on the Wire: A Field Guide to Passive Reconnaissance and Indirect Attacks, a computer security book published by No Starch Press and subsequently translated to a number of languages.

For his continued research on browser security, he was named one of the 15 most influential people in security^[1] and among the 100 most influential people in IT.^[2]

Zalewski was one the original creators of Argante, a virtual open source operating system.

Reported bugs

Notable vulnerabilities

• "CA-2003-25 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail". CERT Advisories. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-25.html. Retrieved August 22, 2005. 
• "CA-2003-12 Buffer Overflow in Sendmail". CERT Advisories. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-12.html. Retrieved August 22, 2005. 
• "CA-2001-09 Statistical Weaknesses in TCP/IP Initial Sequence Numbers". CERT Advisories. http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-09.html. Retrieved August 22, 2005. 
• "VU#945216 SSH CRC32 (...) Contains Remote Integer Overflow". CERT Advisories. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/945216. Retrieved August 22, 2005.  This vulnerability made an appearance on The Matrix Reloaded.
• "VU#965206 Microsoft Internet Explorer (...) vulnerable to buffer overflow". CERT Advisories. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/965206. Retrieved August 22, 2005. 
• "VU#984473 Microsoft Internet Explorer contains overflow in processing script action handlers". CERT Advisories. http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/984473. Retrieved August 22, 2005. 

Other vulnerabilities

• Firefox wyciwyg:// cache vulnerability

References

1. ^ "15 Most Influential People in Security Today". http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/The-15-Most-Influential-People-in-Security-Today/5/. Retrieved December 11, 2008. 
2. ^ "100 Most Influential People in IT". http://www.eweek.com/index2.php?option=content&task=view&id=47427. Retrieved December 11, 2008. 

External links

• Michał Zalewski's personal home page
• Interview with Michał Zalewski at OnLamp

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Name	Zalewski, Michal
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Short description	Computer security expert
Date of birth	January 19, 1981
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