[debian][CPE] declaration of Debian CPE entry to MITRE

Philippe Thierry phil at reseau-libre.net
Thu May 25 15:50:40 UTC 2017


Hello!

Yes, today is my SPAM day :)

I've got a question about the definition of the Debian OS distribution 
CPE (Common Platform Enumeration) declaration to the MITRE.

Up to the Debian (debian GNU/Linux)) 8.0, Debian has declared the OS 
releases to the MITRE and is visible in the CPE search tool of the NIST:

https://nvd.nist.gov/products/cpe/search/results?keyword=debian_linux&status=FINAL&orderBy=CPEURI&namingFormat=2.3&startIndex=20

There is no more declarations for other versions (8.x, x > 0) and for 
Debian/kfreeBSD.


As SCAP security guide team member managing the Debian (& Ubuntu) 
targets, the CPE entries of Debian is a requirement to support Debian as 
a target for SCAP security policy compliance checks & remediations 
(XCCDF benchmarks) and for various OVAL check (e.g. CVE checks, much 
like debsecan).

Do you know who is managing the declaration of the Debian 
operating-system against the MITRE ?


Thanks!

-- 

Philippe.




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