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Message-ID: <CABTdhR-fZD5_vJU4-VyRo3Bz8A-yTZbCPjjUe=4GT6VqM_0VNw@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 01:36:21 +0200 From: Iron-Bound <iron.bound@...il.com> To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com Subject: Re: CVE-2022-21449 and version reporting As for the corp in question, you can expect the legal/PR team is involved for any 'perceived' damage. > Would you expect Microsoft to evaluate Windows 3.11, Windows 95, > Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0. Windows XP, > etc for every single vulnerability discovered in newest products? Last time I checked we don't have source to review Microsoft products.. Would also make the argument that unsupported software having CVE's is an extra wedge to force companies to update that old unloved application in the corner! On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 11:38 PM Sven Schwedas <sven.schwedas@....at> wrote: > > On 28.04.22 22:10, Seth Arnold wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 28, 2022 at 02:12:04PM +0000, 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? > > > > A large part of software maintenance is managing technical debt -- > > and being able to walk away from no-longer-supported products is an > > important part of that. > > > > Would you expect Microsoft to evaluate Windows 3.11, Windows 95, > > Windows 98, Windows ME, Windows NT 3.51, Windows NT 4.0. Windows XP, > > etc for every single vulnerability discovered in newest products? > > You and Jeremy arguing in bad faith here, OP didn't ask about anything > like that. > > The problem at hand is, someone *already did all that work*, and Oracle > is *actively intervening* to have it dropped from CVE reports. > > So the question is: Why is vulnerability information that already exists > being censored? >
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