On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 15:09 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote: 

> We really should write the CVE numbers into the commit messages and the 
> release notes.

I think that would be good.


On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 12:35 +0100, Magnus Hagander wrote:
> > > All known CVE problems are resolved in 8.0.4.
> > 
> > I was unaware of this. I've looked at the release notes and 
> > searched the archives, but this doesn't seem to be mentioned 
> > by CVE number. (The vulnerabilities and their resolutions are 
> > described, just without direct cross reference to their CVE number.)
> > 
> > Do we have an on-project description of this? If 
> > we-as-a-project know this, it seems straightforward to write it down.
> > 
> > It seems like we need a much clearer resource for security 
> > admins to check our compliance levels. This could be a source 
> > of similar refusal-to-implement PostgreSQL at other 
> > installations, so could almost be regarded as an advocacy 
> > issue. 

> How about a simple webpage that has more or less a table with:
> CVE-number  |   present in releases  |  fixed in releases
> CVE-number  |   present in releases  |  fixed in releases
> CVE-number  |   present in releases  |  fixed in releases

..and I think we should do this too.

Have to say I'm a bit worried about overloading Tom and Bruce, who write
most of the security patches and relevant release notes.

Anybody else volunteer to maintain the web page?

Best Regards, Simon Riggs


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