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Message-ID: <432515616.276561272908045642.JavaMail.root@zmail01.collab.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 3 May 2010 13:34:05 -0400 (EDT)
From: Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Cc: dan j rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com>, coley <coley@...re.org>
Subject: Re: CVE request: lxr

----- "Henri Salo" <henri@...v.fi> wrote:

> On Mon, 3 May 2010 09:31:16 -0400
> Dan Rosenberg <dan.j.rosenberg@...il.com> wrote:
> 
> > I discovered and reported this bug at the same time as two other XSS
> > issues, including the one covered by CVE-2009-4497.  While the commit
> > may be a few days apart for some of these, I think they can safely fall
> > under the same CVE, unless it's standard practice to assign CVEs for
> > each of several related minor issues.
> 
> Several XSS-vulnerabilities can have one CVE at least when those
> vulnerabilities are fixed at the same time.
> 

In this instance, I would assign it a new ID, as the old one already exists
and doesn't note both XSS fixes (it is possible someone fixed just the one XSS
and not both in an update).

I've CC'd Steve Christey, for a second opinion.

Thanks

-- 
    JB

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