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Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 23:49:29 +0100
From: Marcus Meissner <meissner@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Linux kernel address leaks

On Tue, Nov 23, 2010 at 10:04:06AM -0500, Jon Oberheide wrote:
> On Tue, 2010-11-23 at 09:59 +0100, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: 
> > On lun., 2010-11-22 at 18:54 -0500, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > > Oh, and if you get CVEs assigned, that kind of forces them to fix the
> > > problem, right?
> > > 
> > I'm not that sure (there are CVEs for issues considered too small by the
> > developers involved, not only in Linux, which are still opened), and I'm
> > not sure using CVE system for “blackmailing” is a good usage for that
> > tool.
> 
> I think calling it "blackmail" is a bit hyperbolic. Rather, it's simply
> the next step in the vulnerability disclosure process: (1) research
> reports vulnerability to vendor; (2) vendor refuses to fix
> vulnerability; (3) research discloses vulnerability and requests CVE.
> 
> Am I correct in assuming that it is acceptable procedure to assign CVEs
> to unpatched vulnerabilities?

CVE is just a directory index to vulnerabilites, regardless of fixed
status ... so YES.

Ciao, Marcus

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