I neglected to mention that I post a list of outstanding CVE's to
[email protected] every Sunday.  You can browse
that email to select CVEs to work on.

Steve

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 7:12 AM Steve Sakoman via
lists.openembedded.org <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> We've been making good progress on reducing the number of issues
> reported by the CVE checker.  We went from 202 on August 16 to 59 on
> November 29.
>
> Some of these reductions have come from sending in corrections to the
> CVE database where there were errors in version matching, and others
> have come from backported fixes or whitelisting..  Many thanks to all
> who have helped!
>
> To encourage more folks to contribute to this effort I'm going to be
> holding a raffle during the month of December.  You'll get one entry
> for each CVE fix patch that I merge into dunfell.  And a database
> update that results in a reduction in dunell reported issues will also
> get you an entry.
>
> The prize?  A bag of fresh roasted whole bean coffee from my small
> coffee orchard here on the Big Island of Hawaii.  If the winner isn't
> a coffee drinker I'll try to get some locally grown tea as a
> substitute prize.
>
> The fine print:
>
> 1. Patches and database update requests must be submitted during the
> month of December to receive a raffle entry.
>
> 2. CVE patch submissions should follow the guidelines in the "Patch
> name convention and commit message" section of
> https://wiki.yoctoproject.org/wiki/Security
>
> 3. If the patch also applies to master please send the patch for
> master and note that it should be backported to dunfell/gatesgarth as
> appropriate.  I'll pull this type of patch into dunfell only after it
> hits master.
>
> 4. CVE database update requests should be sent to:
> [email protected]  You should note the CVE number and provide
> supporting links for why you think an update is appropriate. When you
> receive a "Thank you for bringing this to our attention. We appreciate
> community input" response please forward a copy to me.  I'll add your
> raffle entry to the pool when the database is updated and the dunfell
> cve count reduced.
>
> 5. To help avoid people working on the same CVE's I'll start a "CVE
> raffle: collision avoidance" thread on this list.  Just do a quick
> reply noting which CVE you plan to work on.  Please don't claim one
> unless you really intend to follow through!
>
> Steve
>
> 
>
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