Hi all,

Using JIRA is a good idea, and we need to be able to find them. But a
security issue is not a subtask and not a component. I think a tag will
work fine.

Thanks

Paul


On 30 November 2016 at 00:42, Jacopo Cappellato <
[email protected]> wrote:

> Tags or components are fine to me (you can specify more than one component
> to each ticket); I agree that a tag may be more appropriate for this use
> case. My preference is just to not use subtasks.
>
> Jacopo
>
> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:13 PM, Pierre Smits <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> > Well...
> >
> > CVEs can occur on any component (even though past issues have been
> related
> > for most to framework components. So having a particular component just
> for
> > CVE reference purposes would complicate matters as much as converting
> JIRA
> > issues into sub-tasks.
> >
> > Applying a tag to the issue (e.g. CVE) and using a persisted filter in
> JIRA
> > would be sufficient to link to from the download page (and elsewhere e.g.
> > the 'keeping OFBiz secure' cwiki page.
> >
> > Best regards,
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Pierre Smits
> >
> > ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> > OFBiz based solutions & services
> >
> > OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> > http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
> >
> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 2:04 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
> > [email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Rather than using subtasks I think it would be better to use a
> component
> > > (named CVE or similar).
> > >
> > > Il 29 Nov 2016 1:50 PM, "Jacques Le Roux" <
> [email protected]>
> > > ha
> > > scritto:
> > >
> > > > Also it would be better if we can group all security issues in Jira.
> > For
> > > > that I created OFBIZ-1525, please if you create Jira security issues
> > > create
> > > > (or convert) them as subtasks of OFBIZ-1525
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Jacques
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Le 29/11/2016 à 11:05, Pierre Smits a écrit :
> > > >
> > > >> Of course, I implied this policy to be in line with
> > > >> http://www.apache.org/security/
> > > >>
> > > >> Best regards,
> > > >>
> > > >> Pierre Smits
> > > >>
> > > >> ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> > > >> OFBiz based solutions & services
> > > >>
> > > >> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> > > >> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
> > > >>
> > > >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Nicolas Malin <
> > > [email protected]
> > > >> >
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> Yes I agree with Jacopo, when can create the issue only when they
> are
> > > >>> corrected
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Nicolas
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Le 29/11/2016 à 10:55, Jacopo Cappellato a écrit :
> > > >>>
> > > >>> We can definitely create one Jira ticket for each CVE number with
> all
> > > the
> > > >>>> details we want and link them from the "security" section of the
> > OFBiz
> > > >>>> download page.
> > > >>>> This was probably implied in Pierre's proposal, but I prefer to
> > > >>>> explicitly
> > > >>>> state here: these tickets will be created only after the CVE are
> > > >>>> publicly
> > > >>>> disclosed (i.e. the tickets will be created and resolved at the
> same
> > > >>>> time).
> > > >>>> The good news is that we can create now all the tickets for the
> CVE
> > > >>>> processed so far in the history of OFBiz, in order to implement
> what
> > > >>>> Pierre
> > > >>>> has proposed here.
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Jacopo
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:47 AM, Pierre Smits <
> > > [email protected]>
> > > >>>> wrote:
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>> Hi all,
> > > >>>>
> > > >>>>> Recently we have seen some security issues fixed in the code base
> > > >>>>> (CVE-2016-6800 and CVE-2016-4462). Thanks to all who participated
> > in
> > > >>>>> identifying, analysing and fixing these OFBiz security threats.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> When I look at how we communicate to our adopters that there are
> > > >>>>> threats
> > > >>>>> and how they can be mitigated [1] I believe we could and we
> should
> > > do a
> > > >>>>> little bit more. There we merely put a reference to the CVE [2]
> > issue
> > > >>>>> (see
> > > >>>>> [3] for example) there and and advice to upgrade. But on that
> page
> > we
> > > >>>>> leave
> > > >>>>> out any particulars on how the issue affected OFBiz and what was
> > done
> > > >>>>> to
> > > >>>>> it. Rightly so as it is just a list of notifications.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> The details about the effect of the issue and the mitigation is
> in
> > > >>>>> commits.
> > > >>>>> But there is no apparent relation between the notification on [1]
> > and
> > > >>>>> the
> > > >>>>> actual commit that mitigated. Also reporting the CVE in JIRA
> issues
> > > not
> > > >>>>> optimal. This leads to the fact that details don't appear in
> > release
> > > >>>>> notes
> > > >>>>> very well.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> I believe we could and should do better. We should *always* have
> a
> > > JIRA
> > > >>>>> issue explaining the CVE issue and its effect on the OFBiz
> product,
> > > >>>>> have
> > > >>>>> it
> > > >>>>> enhanced with the proper tags or labels (e.g. CVE/Security), and
> -
> > > like
> > > >>>>> any
> > > >>>>> other JIRA issue - have it showing with which commit(s) it has
> been
> > > >>>>> resolved and on which branch it has been implemented.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> With a proper filter definition on JIRA we can then shorten the
> > > >>>>> vulnerability section in [1] and have that link to that JIRA
> filter
> > > >>>>> definition.
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> What do you think?
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> References:
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>      - [1] http://ofbiz.apache.org/download.html
> > > >>>>>      - [2] CVE: Common Vulnerability and Exposure
> > > >>>>>      - [3] http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/
> > > cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6800
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Best regards,
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> Pierre Smits
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> ORRTIZ.COM <http://www.orrtiz.com>
> > > >>>>> OFBiz based solutions & services
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>> OFBiz Extensions Marketplace
> > > >>>>> http://oem.ofbizci.net/oci-2/
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >>>>>
> > > >
> > >
> >
>



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