Filtering by distribution [LWN.net]

Filtering by distribution

Posted Mar 17, 2008 23:00 UTC (Mon) by corbet (editor, #1)
In reply to: Moving the updated vulnerability listings by Max.Hyre
Parent article: Removing the updated vulnerability listings

If by filtering by distribution you mean listing the vulnerabilities which have updates from a specific distributor, that could be done. If, instead, you're interested in vulnerabilities to which a specific distribution is exposed (a much more interesting question) it gets a lot harder. I would love to be able to present that information, but it would take a full-time person just to keep it current.

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Filtering by distribution

Posted Mar 17, 2008 23:55 UTC (Mon) by Max.Hyre (subscriber, #1054) [Link]

listing the vulnerabilities which have updates from a specific distributor

I think that's what I have in mind. I'd click on (to take a less-than-random example) Debian, and get a list of updates they've put out recently:

Debian updates this week

Debian DSA-1493-1 2008-02-10
Debian DSA-1493-2 2008-03-16
Debian DSA-1466-1 2008-01-17
...

But for

vulnerabilities to which a specific distribution is exposed

Are you thinking of

Debian updates this week
SDL_image: buffer overflows

Debian DSA-1493-1 2008-02-10
Debian DSA-1493-2 2008-03-16
Xorg: multiple vulnerabilities

Debian DSA-1466-1 2008-01-17
...

That would be nice, but not required.