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Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2014 10:30:26 -0500 (EST)
From: cve-assign@...re.org
To: mancha1@...h.com
Cc: cve-assign@...re.org, oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE Request/Clarification - PHP

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> Two issues were recently identified as security concerns in
> libmagic: CVE-2014-1943 (infinite recursion flaw) &
> CVE-2014-2270 (improper bounds checking).
> 
> What is the policy regarding CVE allocation for products
> vulnerable by virtue of bundling copies of vulnerable products
> (as opposed to, say, linking vulnerable system libraries)?
> 
> I bring this up because PHP embeds a copy of libmagic

A CVE assignment for libmagic (in the file product) can be used by all
vendors who bundle libmagic. Different copies of libmagic in different
products do not have separate CVE IDs.

- -- 
CVE assignment team, MITRE CVE Numbering Authority
M/S M300
202 Burlington Road, Bedford, MA 01730 USA
[ PGP key available through http://cve.mitre.org/cve/request_id.html ]
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