Author: jmm-guest Date: 2009-12-20 10:09:00 +0000 (Sun, 20 Dec 2009) New Revision: 13611 Modified: data/CVE/list Log: revert previous commit: CVE/list is not a dumping ground for issues someone should check based on embedded-code-copies. If something is added to CVE/list as unfixed it needs to be checked beforehand. Modified: data/CVE/list ==================================================================--- data/CVE/list 2009-12-20 09:14:53 UTC (rev 13610) +++ data/CVE/list 2009-12-20 10:09:00 UTC (rev 13611) @@ -1185,9 +1185,6 @@ CVE-2009-3932 (The Gears plugin in Google Chrome before 3.0.195.32 allows ...) - chromium-browser <itp> (low; bug #520324) - webkit <unfixed> (low; bug #560905) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-3931 (Incomplete blacklist vulnerability in browser/download/download_exe.cc ...) - chromium-browser <itp> (low; bug #520324) CVE-2009-3930 (Multiple integer overflows in Christos Zoulas file before 5.02 allow ...) @@ -2807,9 +2804,6 @@ RESERVED CVE-2009-3384 (Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in WebKit in Apple Safari before ...) - webkit 1.1.17-2 (medium; bug #559759) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-3383 (Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the JavaScript engine in ...) - xulrunner 1.9.1.4-1 [lenny] - xulrunner <not-affected> (Only affects Firefox 3.5) @@ -4315,9 +4309,6 @@ CVE-2009-2953 (Mozilla Firefox 3.0.6 through 3.0.13, and 3.5.x, allows remote ...) - xulrunner <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #557753) - webkit <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #557752) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #561762) NOTE: browser denial-of-services are considered unimportant CVE-2009-2952 (Unspecified vulnerability in the pollwakeup function in Sun Solaris ...) NOT-FOR-US: Sun Solaris @@ -4770,9 +4761,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Apple Safari CVE-2009-2841 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.4 on Mac OS X does not perform the ...) - webkit <unfixed> (medium; bug #559759) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) TODO: work with upstream to determine affected/not-affected versions CVE-2009-2840 (Spotlight in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8 does not properly handle temporary ...) NOT-FOR-US: Apple Mac OS X @@ -4829,9 +4817,6 @@ CVE-2009-2816 (The implementation of Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS) in WebKit, ...) - webkit <unfixed> (medium; bug #559759) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-2815 (The Telephony component in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1 does not ...) NOT-FOR-US: Apple iPhone OS CVE-2009-2814 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the Wiki Server in Apple ...) @@ -4874,9 +4859,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Apple QuickTime CVE-2009-2797 (The WebKit component in Safari in Apple iPhone OS before 3.1, and ...) - webkit <unfixed> (medium; bug #559759) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) TODO: someone needs to gain membership to the webkit security list so we can actually check these issues CVE-2009-2796 (The UIKit component in Apple iPhone OS 3.0, and iPhone OS 3.0.1 for ...) NOT-FOR-US: Apple iPhone OS @@ -6268,9 +6250,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Apple Safari CVE-2009-2419 (Use-after-free vulnerability in the servePendingRequests function in ...) - webkit 1.1.10-1 - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-2418 RESERVED CVE-2009-2417 (lib/ssluse.c in cURL and libcurl 7.4 through 7.19.5, when OpenSSL is ...) @@ -6914,9 +6893,6 @@ CVE-2009-2195 (Buffer overflow in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0.3 allows remote ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=517273 NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/45696 CVE-2009-2194 (Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 does not properly share file ...) @@ -7460,9 +7436,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: MHF Media Pro CVE-2009-XXXX [predictable random number generator used in web browsers] - webkit <unfixed> (low; bug #532514) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561759) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561757) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561758) [lenny] - webkit <no-dsa> (Minor issue) - xulrunner <unfixed> (low; bug #532516) [lenny] - xulrunner <no-dsa> (Minor issue) @@ -8112,8 +8085,6 @@ CVE-2009-1724 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #538403) - webkit 1.1.13-1 (low; bug #538402) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://www.thespanner.co.uk/2009/06/19/minor-safari-cross-domain-bug/ CVE-2009-1723 (CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.8 places an incorrect URL ...) NOT-FOR-US: CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X @@ -8131,51 +8102,30 @@ CVE-2009-1718 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows user-assisted remote ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <no-dsa> (Minor issue) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1717 (Integer overflow in Terminal in Apple Mac OS X 10.5 before 10.5.7 ...) NOT-FOR-US: Mac OS X CVE-2009-1716 (CFNetwork in Apple Safari before 4.0 on Windows does not properly ...) NOT-FOR-US: CFNetwork in Apple CVE-2009-1715 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Inspector in WebKit in ...) - webkit 1.0.1-4 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1714 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Web Inspector in WebKit in ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/36359 CVE-2009-1713 (The XSLT functionality in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not ...) - webkit 1.0.1-4 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/34533 CVE-2009-1712 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent remote loading of ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/41568 CVE-2009-1711 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not properly initialize memory ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/36918 CVE-2009-1710 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 allows remote attackers to spoof the ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1709 (Use-after-free vulnerability in the garbage-collection implementation ...) {DSA-1866-1} - webkit 0~svn32442-1 @@ -8183,7 +8133,6 @@ - kde4libs <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - kdegraphics 4:4.0 (medium; bug #534951) NOTE: kdegraphics >4.0 not affected since ksvg is only in 3.5.x series) - - qt4-x11 4.5.0-1 (medium; bug #534947) CVE-2009-1708 (Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent calls to the open-help-anchor ...) NOT-FOR-US: Apple Safari CVE-2009-1707 (Race condition in the Reset Safari implementation in Apple Safari ...) @@ -8197,82 +8146,43 @@ CVE-2009-1703 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0 does not prevent references to file: ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <no-dsa> (Minor issue) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1702 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1701 (Use-after-free vulnerability in the JavaScript DOM implementation in ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: invasive patch to backport. CVE-2009-1700 (The XSLT implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1699 (The XSL stylesheet implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before ...) - webkit 1.0.1-4 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1698 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and ...) {DSA-1950-1 DSA-1868-1 DSA-1867-1} - webkit 1.1.5-1 (medium; bug #534946) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/42081 - - kdelibs 4:3.5.10.dfsg.1-2.1 (medium; bug #534952) - - kde4libs 4:4.3.0-1 (medium; bug #534949) - - qt4-x11 4:4.5.2-1 (medium; bug #534947) CVE-2009-1697 (CRLF injection vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.15.2-1 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1696 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1695 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1694 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1693 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/35928 CVE-2009-1692 (WebKit before r41741, as used in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: upstream (undisclosed) bug report is https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23319 NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/41741 CVE-2009-1691 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/32791 CVE-2009-1690 (Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before ...) {DSA-1950-1 DSA-1868-1 DSA-1867-1} @@ -8285,15 +8195,9 @@ CVE-2009-1689 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1688 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1687 (The JavaScript garbage collector in WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, ...) {DSA-1950-1 DSA-1868-1 DSA-1867-1} - webkit 1.1.5-1 (medium; bug #534946) @@ -8304,20 +8208,11 @@ CVE-2009-1686 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and ...) - webkit 1.1.12-1 (medium; bug #535793) [lenny] - webkit <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1685 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) - webkit 1.0.1-4 (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1684 (Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1683 (The Telephony component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and ...) NOT-FOR-US: iPhone CVE-2009-1682 (Apple Safari before 4.0 does not properly check for revoked Extended ...) @@ -8325,9 +8220,6 @@ CVE-2009-1681 (WebKit in Apple Safari before 4.0, iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1, and ...) {DSA-1950-1} - webkit 1.1.12-1 (low; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2009-1680 (Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod ...) NOT-FOR-US: Safari in Apple iPhone OS CVE-2009-1679 (The Profiles component in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.2.1 and iPhone ...) @@ -10959,7 +10851,6 @@ - qt4-x11 4:4.5.2-1 (medium; bug #532718) - webkit 1.1.5-1 (medium; bug #532724; bug #532725) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/43590 - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - kde4libs 4:4.3.0-1 (medium; bug #534917) [lenny] - kde4libs <not-affected> (khtml doesn''t have SVG support) NOTE: http://websvn.kde.org/?view=rev&revision=983302 @@ -17488,9 +17379,6 @@ CVE-2008-4724 (Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Google Chrome ...) - webkit 1.1.7-1 (low; bug #520052) [lenny] - webkit <no-dsa> (Minor issue) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: webkit properly handles this issue with respect to extensions such as jpg and txt, but not in general; for example, the attack works for odp, xls, etc extensions (only tested with midori 0.1.4) NOTE: not reproducible using iceweasel 3.0.1 CVE-2008-4723 (Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in Mozilla Firefox ...) @@ -18653,9 +18541,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Safari CVE-2008-4231 (Safari in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and iPhone OS for iPod touch ...) - webkit <unfixed> (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) TODO: work with upstream to determine affected/not-affected webkit versions CVE-2008-4230 (The Passcode Lock feature in Apple iPhone OS 1.0 through 2.1 and ...) NOT-FOR-US: Apple @@ -20278,9 +20163,6 @@ RESERVED CVE-2008-3632 (Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit in Apple iPod touch 1.1 through ...) - webkit 1.0.1-4 (bug #499771) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) CVE-2008-3631 (Application Sandbox in Apple iPod touch 2.0 through 2.0.2, and iPhone ...) NOT-FOR-US: Apple iPod CVE-2008-3630 (mDNSResponder in Apple Bonjour for Windows before 1.0.5, when an ...) @@ -23358,9 +23240,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Apple Mac OS X CVE-2008-2320 (Stack-based buffer overflow in CarbonCore in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.11 ...) - webkit <unfixed> (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) TODO: work with upstream to determine affected/not-affected webkit versions CVE-2008-2319 RESERVED @@ -23394,9 +23273,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Alias Manager in Apple Mac OS X CVE-2008-2307 (Unspecified vulnerability in WebKit in Apple Safari before 3.1.2, as ...) - webkit 1.0.1-1 - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) NOTE: http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/34204 CVE-2008-2306 (Apple Safari before 3.1.2 on Windows does not properly interpret the ...) NOT-FOR-US: Windows issue @@ -25075,9 +24951,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: iPhone CVE-2008-1588 (Safari on Apple iPhone before 2.0 and iPod touch before 2.0 allows ...) - webkit <unfixed> (medium; bug #535793) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (low; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (low; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (low; bug #561762) TODO: work with upstream to determine affected/not-affected webkit versions CVE-2008-1587 RESERVED @@ -28205,9 +28078,6 @@ NOT-FOR-US: Mapbender CVE-2008-0298 (KHTML WebKit as used in Apple Safari 2.x allows remote attackers to ...) - webkit <unfixed> (unimportant) - - qt4-x11 <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #561760) - - kdelibs <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #561765) - - kde4libs <unfixed> (unimportant; bug #561762) NOTE: khtml originates from konqueror. browser crashes are considered unimportant CVE-2008-0297 (PhotoKorn allows remote attackers to obtain database credentials via a ...) NOT-FOR-US: PhotoKorn
Michael Gilbert
2009-Dec-20 21:11 UTC
[Secure-testing-team] [Secure-testing-commits] r13611 - data/CVE
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:09:00 +0000 Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote:> Author: jmm-guest > Date: 2009-12-20 10:09:00 +0000 (Sun, 20 Dec 2009) > New Revision: 13611 > > Modified: > data/CVE/list > Log: > revert previous commit: CVE/list is not a dumping ground for issues > someone should check based on embedded-code-copies.the information inserted in this commit was derived from embedded-code-copies, so it is accurate.> If something is added to CVE/list as unfixed it needs to be checked > beforehand.as stated in the bug reports, i have asked the maintainers to check these problems themselves. once they get back to me, i will update the tracking based on their feedback. i understand that this is certainly not ideal, but there are no other viable options given the fact that there an incredibly high number of untriaged embeds right now. if i am ever going to get through this embedded code copies triage, i need a way to record partial progress. otherwise, it will be impossible (at least for one person). so, i had to decide between either this or TODOs (or not doing anything at all), and you had mentioned previously that you don''t want any more noise in the TODO list. so, here are the tradeoffs: TODO: - disadvantage: clutters TODO page - advantage: does not indicate issues are <unfixed> when they are in an uncertain state - disadvantage: increases likeliness of issues getting forgotten since TODO page is overloaded <unfixed>: - advantage: doesn''t clutter TODO page - disadvantage: it isn''t really known that the problem is <unfixed>, but that fact is included in the bug report - advantage: shows up in package page so developer is more aware that they have something they need to work on - advantage: shows up in debsecan indicating something needs to be done - as a general aside, it has seemed to be ok recently to use <unfixed> for untriaged or partially triaged issues, so why can''t this also be done for the packages potentially affected by embedded code? don''t do either: - advantage: absolutely no clutter - disadvantage: legitimate important security problems go unaddressed since they are not being tracked. i''ve also just thought of a fourth option; an additional file called in-progress (or an <in-progress> status in data/CVE/list): - advantage: no clutter in TODO list and no issues marked as <unfixed> when that hasn''t been determined yet - disadvantage: information is separate from main files, and will include primarily duplicated information anyway - disadvantage: differs from normal way of working - disadvantage: info stored there won''t show up anywhere else (in tracker or package pages), so it will not show up in front of as many eyes thank you for any additional guidance based on this feedback. best wishes, mike
Michael Gilbert
2009-Dec-20 21:26 UTC
[Secure-testing-team] [Secure-testing-commits] r13611 - data/CVE
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 16:11:40 -0500 Michael Gilbert wrote:> On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:09:00 +0000 Moritz Muehlenhoff wrote: > > > Author: jmm-guest > > Date: 2009-12-20 10:09:00 +0000 (Sun, 20 Dec 2009) > > New Revision: 13611 > > > > Modified: > > data/CVE/list > > Log: > > revert previous commit: CVE/list is not a dumping ground for issues > > someone should check based on embedded-code-copies. > > thank you for any additional guidance based on this feedback.i also wanted to mention that at some point i would like to be able to automatically run the inject-embedded-code-copies script so that embedding packages automatically show up in the CVE list as soon as possible -- in order to raise awareness of embeds and hopefully address them sooner. in order to do this, i need to have all of the current embeds tracked or marked as not-affected first. so my plan was to slowly enter this information, which may be partial at times, but that partiality will be spelled out in the associated bug report. and eventually, i would be able to turn it on. if i can''t use the CVE list as the place to do this work, then this will never happen, because it is going to take a very long time before we figure out whether all of the embeds can be declared <unfixed> or <not-affected>. another option, would be to set up my script to only automatically insert embeds after a given CVE (perhaps the first 2010 issue), and then i could use the in-progress file to track all of the existing issues. anyway, this is a difficult process, and i hope that you understand that. i would very much like assistance in this matter, but without that, i would be satisfied if there were less interference. best wishes, mike