Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 08:57:35 -0700 (PDT) From: Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Cc: freebsd-security@freebsd.org Subject: New pkg audit FNs Message-ID: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.1710090833020.60492@eboyr.pbz>
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Can anyone say what mechanisms the ports-security team might have in place to monitor CVEs and port software versions? The reason I ask is CVE-2017-12617 was announced almost a week ago yet there's no mention of it in the vulnerability database The tomcat8 port's Makefile also still points to the older, vulnerable version. Tomcat is one of those popular, internet-facing applications that sites need to check and/or update quickly when CVEs are released and most admins probably don't expect "pkg audit" to throw false negatives. Tomcat is just one of many apps, however, so concern regarding the validity of FreeBSD's vulnerability database is larger than this CVE. We are concerned about update processes and procedures, especially considering how this topic has come up in the past (for different apps). Roger Marquis
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