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Message-ID: <465685a3-b074-a283-d632-e1a69b23ae7f@behlendorf.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 07:40:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: Brian Behlendorf <brian@...lendorf.com>
To: "oss-security@...ts.openwall.com" <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Re: CVE-2022-21449 and version reporting

On Thu, 28 Apr 2022, Seaman, Chad wrote:
> In what universe exactly are versions omitted from vulnerability 
> reporting because a vendor “no longer supports that version”… this 
> non-supported version is still vulnerable?

If that universe were consistent, it'd be one where vendors and open 
source projects issued pre-emptive CVEs when release branches are no 
longer provided with security fixes.

Brian

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