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Open Source Vulnerability Database Goes Live

Posted by michael on from the got-bugs? dept.

Alascom writes "The Open Source Vulnerability Database project has finally gone live. The project aims to provide comprehensive, free and unbiased (no vendor spin) vulnerability information. The database is being incorporated into such fine open source utilities as SNORT and NESSUS."

6 of 142 comments (clear)

  1. Old news by RT+Alec · · Score: 3, Informative

    Not the project, just the posts. Sendmail vulnerability from 2002? FreeBSD vulnerability (top of the list, no less) from 2000? Did I miss something?

    1. Re:Old news by CaptainBaz · · Score: 5, Informative

      Not really - it's hard to take, but there really are systems out there who still haven't patched these vulnerabilities!

  2. Not really. by FreeLinux · · Score: 3, Informative

    But CERT certainly has been.

  3. Slashdotted? by luferbu · · Score: 5, Informative

    As it seems to be already /.ed here is the Google cache

  4. already been done by musikit · · Score: 4, Informative

    you know i hate the company but it has already been done and is most likely a better DB.

    the MITRE Common Vulerability and Exposures DB

    http://www.cve.mitre.org/

  5. Re:www.linuxsecurity.com by kernelfoobar · · Score: 3, Informative

    This covers all products all platforms, not just Linux, *BSD etc...

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    Here we go again!