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Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 13:10:41 +0000
From: Jeremy Stanley <jeremy@...nstack.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: CVE for crypto_get_random() from libsrtp

On 2015-08-11 14:58:10 +0200 (+0200), Adam Maris wrote:
> On 11/08/15 13:48, Jeremy Stanley wrote:
> > On 2015-08-11 09:51:50 +0200 (+0200), Adam Maris wrote:
> > [...]
> > > Unless CVE is assigned, we don't plan to ship any patch at the
> > > moment.
[...]
> > if a CVE is assigned for a bug you consider to have minimal
> > impact, do you release a patch for it anyway just because
> > there's a CVE?
[...]
> If a CVE is assigned for this issue, we will create an entry in
> our CVE database but the end result will likely be the same,
> wontfix.

That makes more sense. I read your initial "Unless CVE is assigned"
comment to mean that you were going to base your decision on whether
to distribute a fix on MITRE's classification process rather than on
your own due diligence. Thanks for clarifying!
-- 
Jeremy Stanley

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