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CVE-ID is truncated to 4 digits #153

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usiusi360 opened this issue Aug 20, 2016 · 2 comments
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CVE-ID is truncated to 4 digits #153

usiusi360 opened this issue Aug 20, 2016 · 2 comments
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CVE-2016-1000110 is detected as CVE-2016-1000 in Vuls.

ChangeLog for: python-2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64, python-libs-2.6.6-66.el6_8.x86_64

  • Tue Aug 9 21:00:00 2016 Charalampos Stratakis [email protected] - 2.6.6-66
  • Fix for CVE-2016-1000110 HTTPoxy attack
    Resolves: rhbz#1359161

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1000110
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-1000110


It's cut down by fixing 4 digits by a cord.
https://github.com/future-architect/vuls/blob/master/scan/redhat.go#L870


After 2014, CVE-ID syntax is the variable length.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Vulnerabilities_and_Exposures

Changes to CVE-ID Syntax
In order to support CVE ID's beyond CVE-YEAR-9999 (aka the CVE10k problem) a change was made to the CVE syntax in 2014 and took effect on Jan 13, 2015 [5]

The new CVE-ID syntax is variable length and includes:

CVE prefix + Year + Arbitrary Digits

NOTE: The variable length arbitrary digits will begin at four (4) fixed digits and expand with arbitrary digits only when needed in a calendar year, for example, CVE-YYYY-NNNN and if needed CVE-YYYY-NNNNN, CVE-YYYY-NNNNNNN, and so on. This also means there will be no changes needed to previously assigned CVE-IDs, which all include a minimum of 4 digits.

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https://cve.mitre.org/cve/identifiers/syntaxchange.html#new

There is no limit on the number of arbitrary digits.

@usiusi360 usiusi360 changed the title CVE-ID is truncated to four digits CVE-ID is truncated to 4 digits Aug 20, 2016
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Thanks for Reporting and sending PR :)

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