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Message-ID: <CAF6rxg=kcgPf1UB8DdCXcLmuL9iDbfXZ+HApgJYZYCnp9dwiEQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:17:43 -0500
From: Eitan Adler <lists@...anadler.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: Whats worth a CVE?

On 21 January 2013 14:50, Scott Herbert <scott.a.herbert@...glemail.com> wrote:
> Well the subject sum's the question up really, are their any fixed
> guidelines for what counts as a CVE and what doesn't? Or is it just up
> to the CVE pool manager as to what they feel is of note?

CVEs are given to vulnerabilities.
A detailed explanation of what these are can be found here:
https://cve.mitre.org/about/terminology.html


-- 
Eitan Adler

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