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Message-ID: <517F1702.9000705@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:57:38 -0600
From: Kurt Seifried <kseifried@...hat.com>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com
CC: "Christey, Steven M." <coley@...re.org>,
        Josh Bressers <bressers@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: OS command injection vulnerability in Chicken
 Scheme

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On 04/29/2013 03:18 PM, Christey, Steven M. wrote:
> Despite popular perception, the presence of useful details does not
> necessarily get CVEs published more quickly (although missing or
> conflicting details certainly make things worse, and poorly-written
> advisories can reduce overall throughput).  We have particular
> description styles and analytical requirements that are not visible
> to the general public.  We have a process where we actively monitor
> public sources including oss-security, and we prioritize which CVE
> entries are published first.  Priorities are currently guided by 
> http://cve.mitre.org/data/board/archives/2012-09/msg00000.html, but
> other disclosures are certainly considered as well.
> 
> We are currently focused on working with the CVE Editorial Board on
> extending the CVE ID syntax to handle more than 10,000
> vulnerabilities per year, and we are also training several new
> hires.  We expect our output to rise noticeably within a few
> months, and we will continue to refine our analysis and publication
> processes to improve our production in a way that balances the
> needs of CVE's many diverse users.
> 
> - Steve

One thing I think would help is having a 1-2 page advisory guideline,
e.g. what do we need for assigning CVE's/writing CVEs up and in
general what do the end users/etc want. I set this up as a bare
minimum type thing:

https://cveform-kseifried.rhcloud.com/cve-request-form/

Not all fields are required. If anyone else has comments/etc please
email me and I'll see about getting this written up as a short HOWTO.

- -- 
Kurt Seifried Red Hat Security Response Team (SRT)
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