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Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 17:52:39 +0000 (UTC)
From: security curmudgeon <jericho@...rition.org>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: wiki: vendor info & osvdb.org/vendors
: I am not so sure. On our wiki, we have a separation between distro
: vendors and individual Open Source projects - and I like it. I haven't
: found a way to extract a list of distro vendors only from osvdb.org.
Based on what I have seen from this list, that is a very important
distinction and something the Wiki may be better suited for. OSVDB aims to
focus more on 'where the vulnerability is' over 'who distributes' it. The
more I work on VDBs, the more I realize that it becomes a mess trying to
track some open-source packages and what products/packages use them.
: Also, some vendors and projects may have relevant info that just does
: not fit into pre-defined fields on osvdb.org - yet it may be specified
: in entries on the wiki.
OSVDB has a 'notes' field for each vendor to accomodate this.
We actually have tickets open to expand the vendor database to include a
rating system for vendor response, tickets open to track more dates
related to the disclosure of a vulnerability (and then automatically
generate time based statistics for vendors), and more. I know our system
isn't perfect by any means, but we'd love to expand and build our vendor
database as much as possible.
: It is a good idea to update the info at osvdb.org with whatever we have.
: For example, I was not able to find rPath in the osvdb.org database.
: Then the vendors/projects themselves would need to remember to keep
: those entries up to date as well...
Right, good chance we don't have rPath and a few other linux distros.
However, you or anyone else can add them in one way or another. If you
find a vulnerability that affects rPath, you can add them to the product
list on the given entry, which populates the vendor database.
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