Re: [OE-core][dunfell 01/18] cve-extra-exclusions: add db CVEs to exclusion list

Steve Sakoman
2021-12-05T14:06:12Z

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On Sun, Dec 5, 2021, 2:39 AM Richard Purdie <
richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:

> On Fri, 2021-12-03 at 08:18 -1000, Steve Sakoman wrote:
> > 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.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Steve Sakoman <steve@sakoman.com>
> > ---
> > meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc | 9 ++++++++-
> > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> b/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> > index a6f52b5de7..e02a4d1fde 100644
> > --- a/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> > +++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc
> > @@ -44,7 +44,14 @@ CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2010-4756"
> > # exposing this interface in an exploitable way
> > CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2020-29509 CVE-2020-29511"
> >
> > -
> > +# 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_WHITELIST += "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"
> >
> > #### CPE update pending ####
> >
>
>
> Do we need to fix this in master first?

Yes, of course! Thanks for catching this. I'll submit for master, then
cherry-pick.

Steve

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