# This file contains a list of CVE's where resolution has proven to be impractical # or there is no reasonable action the Yocto Project can take to resolve the issue. # It contains all the information we are aware of about an issue and analysis about # why we believe it can't be fixed/handled. Additional information is welcome through # patches to the file. # # Include this file in your local.conf or distro.conf to exclude these CVE's # from the cve-check results or add to the bitbake command with: # -R conf/distro/include/cve-extra-exclusions.inc # # The file is not included by default since users should review this data to ensure # it matches their expectations and usage of the project. # # We may also include "in-flight" information about current/ongoing CVE work with # the aim of sharing that work and ensuring we don't duplicate it. # # strace https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2000-0006 # CVE is more than 20 years old with no resolution evident # broken links in CVE database references make resolution impractical CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2000-0006" # epiphany https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2005-0238 # The issue here is spoofing of domain names using characters from other character sets. # There has been much discussion amongst the epiphany and webkit developers and # whilst there are improvements about how domains are handled and displayed to the user # there is unlikely ever to be a single fix to webkit or epiphany which addresses this # problem. Whitelisted as there isn't any mitigation or fix or way to progress this further # we can seem to take. CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2005-0238" # glibc https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2010-4756 # Issue is memory exhaustion via glob() calls, e.g. from within an ftp server # Best discussion in https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=681681 # Upstream don't see it as a security issue, ftp servers shouldn't be passing # this to libc glob. Exclude as upstream have no plans to add BSD's GLOB_LIMIT or similar CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2010-4756" # go https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-29509 # go https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-29511 # The encoding/xml package in go can potentially be used for security exploits if not used correctly # CVE applies to a netapp product as well as flagging a general issue. We don't ship anything # exposing this interface in an exploitable way CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2020-29509 CVE-2020-29511" # db # Since Oracle relicensed bdb, the open source community is slowly but surely replacing bdb with # supported and open source friendly alternatives. As a result these CVEs are unlikely to ever be fixed. CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2015-2583 CVE-2015-2624 CVE-2015-2626 CVE-2015-2640 CVE-2015-2654 \ CVE-2015-2656 CVE-2015-4754 CVE-2015-4764 CVE-2015-4774 CVE-2015-4775 CVE-2015-4776 CVE-2015-4777 \ CVE-2015-4778 CVE-2015-4779 CVE-2015-4780 CVE-2015-4781 CVE-2015-4782 CVE-2015-4783 CVE-2015-4784 \ CVE-2015-4785 CVE-2015-4786 CVE-2015-4787 CVE-2015-4788 CVE-2015-4789 CVE-2015-4790 CVE-2016-0682 \ CVE-2016-0689 CVE-2016-0692 CVE-2016-0694 CVE-2016-3418 CVE-2020-2981" # qemu:qemu-native:qemu-system-native https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2021-20255 # There was a proposed patch https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/qemu-devel/2021-02/msg06098.html # qemu maintainers say the patch is incorrect and should not be applied # Ignore from OE's perspectivee as the issue is of low impact, at worst sitting in an infinite loop rather than exploitable CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2021-20255" # qemu:qemu-native:qemu-system-native https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-12067 # There was a proposed patch but rejected by upstream qemu. It is unclear if the issue can # still be reproduced or where exactly any bug is. # Ignore from OE's perspective as we'll pick up any fix when upstream accepts one. CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2019-12067" # nasm:nasm-native https://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-18974 # It is a fuzzing related buffer overflow. It is of low impact since most devices # wouldn't expose an assembler. The upstream is inactive and there is little to be # done about the bug, ignore from an OE perspective. CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST += "CVE-2020-18974"