Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 12:04:45 +0200 From: Stefan Esser <se@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: new port security/cvechecker Message-ID: <31d9d296-dc03-b7e7-d1f8-deeedf813ce1@freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <55596295-86d7-0068-4fff-e2c4f79366a1@FreeBSD.org> References: <nycvar.OFS.7.76.1710090833020.60492@eboyr.pbz> <b63f2936-e922-4a90-f256-6d7870dbd55b@FreeBSD.org> <tvz8-rrf3-wny@FreeBSD.org> <d56ddf99-a1fc-e813-67ed-ea6d65c8211f@FreeBSD.org> <o9pg-ouk5-wny@FreeBSD.org> <c75df693-11a2-e583-d0ba-713df1351623@FreeBSD.org> <55596295-86d7-0068-4fff-e2c4f79366a1@FreeBSD.org>
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Am 13.10.17 um 09:25 schrieb Torsten Zuehlsdorff: > Aloha, > >>> Why not >>> teach pkg-audit(8) to query NVD based on CPE annotations in *binary* >>> packages? >>> Doing so would also provide a workaround for VuXML entries cancelled >>> to reduce bloat. >> >> I agree, pkg-audit needs to be taught to do that. Along those lines, >> we could create a port for cvechecker: >> >> https://github.com/sjvermeu/cvechecker >> >> But both solutions only handle installed packages. >> >> We would still need something to alert us to CVEs in non-installed >> software, I think. >> >> Also, I've just looked and it seems only a little over 1000 ports have >> CPE strings. Adding something to portlint that warned ports developers >> to add any needed CPE info would be helpful. I think that type of >> warning has helped us improve LICENSE entries. > > One more thought on this topic: a cvececker isn't enough. Looking at > security updates of piwik, gitlab, phpmailer and many more: most of the > security issues fixed never got an CVE entry. But of course any of the > issues could be exploited in one or another way. > > But i think cvechecker is a step in the right direction. pkg audit is > incredible helpful even with its current restrictions! Well, and now cvechecker is in ports :) Please let me know about any problems with the port. Regards, STefan
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