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From: Mark H Weaver <mhw@netris.org>
To: "Ludovic Courtès" <ludo@gnu.org>
Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: CVEs missing from the NIST database
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2021 00:15:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lfamife1.fsf@netris.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87blbke4g7.fsf@gnu.org>

Hi Ludovic,

Ludovic Courtès <ludo@gnu.org> writes:

> Yes, that can happen when the CVE doesn’t list affected versions:
>
>   https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/15/3

Thank you for pointing out that thread, and for starting it 4 years ago.
I found it illuminating.

> The solution here is to add a ‘lint-hidden-cve’ property to the
> package with a comment explaining why we think these CVEs can be
> ignored (info "(guix) Invoking guix lint").

I've now done so for 'gnome-shell' and 'gvfs'.

    Thanks,
      Mark


      reply	other threads:[~2021-03-17  4:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
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     [not found] ` <20210312110938.317BD20B2E@vcs0.savannah.gnu.org>
2021-03-12 15:31   ` CVEs missing from the NIST database Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-12 17:50     ` Leo Famulari
2021-03-12 20:27     ` Mark H Weaver
2021-03-15 17:01       ` Ludovic Courtès
2021-03-17  4:15         ` Mark H Weaver [this message]

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