Month: April 2019
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CVE and the matter of “unique” ID numbers
Common Vulnerability Enumeration, now known as Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) is a vulnerability database (ignore their silly claim to be a ‘dictionary’) that the information security industry relies on heavily, unfortunately. Per MITRE’s CVE page, “CVE® is a list of entries—each containing an identification number, a description, and at least one public reference—for publicly…