> On 11/04/2024 16:52, von Loewenstein, Jan wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> >
> > I am part of the Paketo community, and we are providing Cloud Native
> Buildpacks to create container images with – amongst other technologies –
> Apache Tomcat and Apache TomEE as application runtimes.
> >
> > One of the features of Cloud Native Buildpacks is that images come with
> Software-Bill-of-Material. When installing Apache Tomcat, we issue the
> following CPE and pURL to the SBOM:
> >
> >    1.  cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:10.1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
> >    2.  pkg:generic/apache-tomcat@10.1.20
> >
> > The former should be the right one for users to find relevant CVEs in
> > e.g. the nvd.nist.gov. The latter however is made up and will likely
> > not lead to any findings on e.g. https://osv.dev
> >
> > Now I am wondering if you report Tomcat vulnerabilities under any pURL and
> which one that would be.
> 
> We don't.
> 
> > There is a proposal<https://github.com/package-url/purl-
> spec/blob/master/PURL-TYPES.rst#other-candidate-types-to-define> to
> introduce `pkg:apache` as a namespace, which would open up
> `pkg:apache/tomcat@10.1.20` as a canonical pURL.
> 
> That is a foundation wide decision and not one the Tomcat project can make
> unilaterally. That is probably a topic for security-
> disc...@community.apache.org where pURL has already been touched on this
> thread:
> https://lists.apache.org/thread/7hs5ooqhfozmhlvq24k5xztzn1nwp9yv
> 
> Mark

This topic might get even more important when the cyber resilience act of the 
European Union will be released.
Software manufacturers will be obliged to provide an inventory / SBOM list.
https://medium.com/@interlynkblog/eu-cra-and-sbom-5100c55752fa#:~:text=The%20CRA%20text%20implies%20that,regulators')%20and%20product%20manufacturers.
  



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