This script queries the list of CPE IDs for the packages of the
current configuration (based on the "make show-info" output), and:
- for CPE IDs that do not have any matching entry in the CPE
database, it emits a warning
- for CPE IDs that do have a matching entry, but not with the same
version, it generates a snippet of XML that can be used to propose
an updated version to NIST.
Ref: NIST has a group email (cpe_dictionary@nist.gov) used to
recieve these version update and new entry xml files. They do
process the XML and provide feedback. In some cases they will
propose back something different where the vendor or version is
slightly different.
Limitations
- Currently any use of non-number version identifiers isn't
supported by NIST as they use ranges to determine impact
of a CVE
- Any Linux version from a non-upstream is also not supported
without manually adjusting the information as the custom
kernel will more then likely not match the upstream version
used in the dictionary
Signed-off-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Reviewed-by: Arnout Vandecappelle (Essensium/Mind) <arnout@mind.be>
Tested-by: Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
[yann.morin.1998@free.fr:
- codestyles as spotted by Arnout
]
Signed-off-by: Yann E. MORIN <yann.morin.1998@free.fr>
