On Wed, Aug 09, 2017 at 02:16:54PM +0300, Noam Rathaus wrote: > Package: security.debian.org > > Currently the Debian OVAL lack (critical) information from the files, > specifically the severity setting of the patch. > > I wanted to ask if it would be possible for the XML files that the script > you run will include the <severity> rating of the DSA advisory?
DSA advisories intentionally don't have a severity rating and we're not planning to add one (since the severity depends strongly on local factors). I don't feel comfortable pulling in external CVSS classifications that we don't have any control over. Cheers, Moritz