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# the aim of sharing that work and ensuring we don't duplicate it.
#
-
-# strace https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2000-0006
-# CVE is more than 20 years old with no resolution evident
-# broken links in CVE database references make resolution impractical
-CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2000-0006"
-
-# epiphany https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-0238
-# The issue here is spoofing of domain names using characters from other character sets.
-# There has been much discussion amongst the epiphany and webkit developers and
-# whilst there are improvements about how domains are handled and displayed to the user
-# there is unlikely ever to be a single fix to webkit or epiphany which addresses this
-# problem. Ignore this CVE as there isn't any mitigation or fix or way to progress this further
-# we can seem to take.
-CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2005-0238"
-
-# glibc https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-4756
-# Issue is memory exhaustion via glob() calls, e.g. from within an ftp server
-# Best discussion in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681681
-# Upstream don't see it as a security issue, ftp servers shouldn't be passing
-# this to libc glob. Exclude as upstream have no plans to add BSD's GLOB_LIMIT or similar
-CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2010-4756"
-
-# go https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-29509
-# go https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-29511
-# The encoding/xml package in go can potentially be used for security exploits if not used correctly
-# CVE applies to a netapp product as well as flagging a general issue. We don't ship anything
-# exposing this interface in an exploitable way
-CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2020-29509 CVE-2020-29511"
+# strace https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0006
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2000-0006] = "upstream-wontfix: CVE is more than 20 years old \
+with no resolution evident. Broken links in CVE database references make resolution impractical."
+
+# epiphany https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-0238
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2005-0238] = "upstream-wontfix: \
+The issue here is spoofing of domain names using characters from other character sets. \
+There has been much discussion amongst the epiphany and webkit developers and \
+whilst there are improvements about how domains are handled and displayed to the user \
+there is unlikely ever to be a single fix to webkit or epiphany which addresses this \
+problem. There isn't any mitigation or fix or way to progress this further."
+
+# glibc https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4756
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2010-4756] = "upstream-wontfix: \
+Issue is memory exhaustion via glob() calls, e.g. from within an ftp server \
+Best discussion in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681681 \
+Upstream don't see it as a security issue, ftp servers shouldn't be passing \
+this to libc glob. Upstream have no plans to add BSD's GLOB_LIMIT or similar."
+
+# go https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29509
+# go https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29511
+CVE_STATUS_GROUPS += "CVE_STATUS_GO"
+CVE_STATUS_GO = "CVE-2020-29509 CVE-2020-29511"
+CVE_STATUS_GO[status] = "not-applicable-config: \
+The encoding/xml package in go can potentially be used for security exploits if not used correctly \
+CVE applies to a netapp product as well as flagging a general issue. We don't ship anything \
+exposing this interface in an exploitable way"
# db
-# Since Oracle relicensed bdb, the open source community is slowly but surely replacing bdb with
-# supported and open source friendly alternatives. As a result these CVEs are unlikely to ever be fixed.
-CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2015-2583 CVE-2015-2624 CVE-2015-2626 CVE-2015-2640 CVE-2015-2654 \
+CVE_STATUS_GROUPS += "CVE_STATUS_DB"
+CVE_STATUS_DB = "CVE-2015-2583 CVE-2015-2624 CVE-2015-2626 CVE-2015-2640 CVE-2015-2654 \
CVE-2015-2656 CVE-2015-4754 CVE-2015-4764 CVE-2015-4774 CVE-2015-4775 CVE-2015-4776 CVE-2015-4777 \
CVE-2015-4778 CVE-2015-4779 CVE-2015-4780 CVE-2015-4781 CVE-2015-4782 CVE-2015-4783 CVE-2015-4784 \
CVE-2015-4785 CVE-2015-4786 CVE-2015-4787 CVE-2015-4788 CVE-2015-4789 CVE-2015-4790 CVE-2016-0682 \
CVE-2016-0689 CVE-2016-0692 CVE-2016-0694 CVE-2016-3418 CVE-2020-2981"
+CVE_STATUS_DB[status] = "upstream-wontfix: Since Oracle relicensed bdb, the open source community is slowly but surely \
+replacing bdb with supported and open source friendly alternatives. As a result this CVE is unlikely to ever be fixed."
-#### CPE update pending ####
-
-# groff:groff-native https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2000-0803
-# Appears it was fixed in https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/groff.git/commit/?id=07f95f1674217275ed4612f1dcaa95a88435c6a7
-# so from 1.17 onwards. Reported to the database for update by RP 2021/5/9. Update accepted 2021/5/10.
-#CVE_CHECK_IGNORE += "CVE-2000-0803"
-
-
-
-#### Upstream still working on ####
-
-# qemu:qemu-native:qemu-system-native https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-20255
-# There was a proposed patch https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-02/msg06098.html
-# however qemu maintainers are sure the patch is incorrect and should not be applied.
-
-# wget https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-31879
-# https://mail.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-wget/2021-02/msg00002.html
-# No response upstream as of 2021/5/12
-
-
-
+# Kernel CVEs that are generic but can't be added to the kernel's hand-maintained cve-exclusion.inc
+# or machine-maintained cve-exclusion_VERSION.inc files, such as issues that describe TCP/IP design
+# flaws or processor-specific exploits that can't be mitigated.
+#
+# For OE-Core our policy is to stay as close to the kernel stable releases as we can. This should
+# ensure the bulk of the major kernel CVEs are fixed and we don't dive into each individual issue
+# as the stable maintainers are much more able to do that.
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-1999-0524] = "ignored: issue is that ICMP exists, can be filewalled if required"
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2008-4609] = "ignored: describes design flaws in TCP"
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2010-4563] = "ignored: low impact, only enables detection of hosts which are sniffing network traffic"
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2011-0640] = "ignored: requires physical access and any mitigation would mean USB is impractical to use"
+
+# qemu:qemu-native:qemu-system-native https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-20255
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2021-20255] = "upstream-wontfix: \
+There was a proposed patch https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-02/msg06098.html \
+qemu maintainers say the patch is incorrect and should not be applied \
+The issue is of low impact, at worst sitting in an infinite loop rather than exploitable."
+
+# qemu:qemu-native:qemu-system-native https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12067
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2019-12067] = "upstream-wontfix: \
+There was a proposed patch but rejected by upstream qemu. It is unclear if the issue can \
+still be reproduced or where exactly any bug is. \
+We'll pick up any fix when upstream accepts one."
+
+# nasm:nasm-native https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-18974
+CVE_STATUS[CVE-2020-18974] = "upstream-wontfix: \
+It is a fuzzing related buffer overflow. It is of low impact since most devices \
+wouldn't expose an assembler. The upstream is inactive and there is little to be \
+done about the bug, ignore from an OE perspective."