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Date:      Sun, 16 Jun 2013 20:50:48 +0200
From:      Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org>
To:        bf1783@gmail.com
Cc:        svn-ports-head@freebsd.org, svn-ports-all@freebsd.org, ports-committers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: svn commit: r321045 - head/security/tor-devel
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On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 8:17 PM, b.f. <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote:
> On 6/16/13, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote:
>> On Sun, Jun 16, 2013 at 4:06 PM, b.f. <bf1783@googlemail.com> wrote:
>>> In this case no CVEs were issued
>>
>> This is odd.
>
> Not very, when you consider that this is development code, and not a
> stable release.  It would be absurd to think that every developer goes
> running to a CNA every time they find any problem in their repository.

CVEs are given for beta releases (see CVE mailing lists for details).
I don't think debating this point is very important.


> Not
> every bug is found, fewer still are disclosed, and even fewer are
> reported to a CNA and given a CVE-ID.

Agreed

> The Tor developers are very conscientious when it comes to reporting
> bugs, even ones that are unlikely to be exploited. They often fix and
> report problems that would go undetected or undisclosed in other
> projects.  But only some of the most serious bugs are reported by the
> project or by others to a CNA.

Understood.

Back to the point at hand, I do think this should be documented in VuXML.


-- 
Eitan Adler
Source, Ports, Doc committer
Bugmeister, Ports Security teams



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