Vulnerabilities rated medium or low risk may not be fixed by Debian security team, is that correct?

2016-10-11 Thread te3d4q
I read somewhere on a forum that for security vulnerabilities that have "NVD security" ratings of medium or low risk, Debian's security team may not issue patches/fixes for them. Only high-risk security vulnerabilities will be fixed. Is that correct? I was under the impression that all security

Re: Vulnerabilities rated medium or low risk may not be fixed by Debian security team, is that correct?

2016-10-13 Thread te3d4q
> > To have an example, you'd need specifics. This is a hypothetical without > a question. If the implicit question is "could this happen" the answer > is yes, but you'd need to discuss a specific case to find out why. > > Mike Stone As you asked me for a specific case, may I bring up

Re: Vulnerabilities rated medium or low risk may not be fixed by Debian security team, is that correct?

2016-10-13 Thread te3d4q
> Of course, every distribution makes their own assessment. After > all each distro might ship an affected codebase in different > versions/configs/environments. > > Cheers, > Moritz > Hi Moritz I appreciate the time and effort that you spent on clarifying my questions. Thank you.