ref-manual: variables.rst: add documentation for CVE_VERSION

Related to cve-check.bbclass.

(From yocto-docs rev: 1218775a9b32ac16556645c5d186007c19a5baf4)

Signed-off-by: Mikko Rapeli <mikko.rapeli@linaro.org>
Reviewed-by: Michael Opdenacker <michael.opdenacker@bootlin.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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Mikko Rapeli
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CVE_PRODUCT = "vendor:package"
:term:`CVE_VERSION`
In a recipe, defines the version used to match the recipe version
against the version in the `NIST CVE database <https://nvd.nist.gov/>`__
when usign :ref:`cve-check <ref-classes-cve-check>`.
The default is ${:term:`PV`} but if recipes use custom version numbers
which do not map to upstream software component release versions and the versions
used in the CVE database, then this variable can be used to set the
version number for :ref:`cve-check <ref-classes-cve-check>`. Example::
CVE_VERSION = "2.39"
:term:`CVSDIR`
The directory in which files checked out under the CVS system are
stored.