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Bug#864728: security.debian.org: OVAL def generator generates tests only for source packages

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Subject Bug#864728: security.debian.org: OVAL def generator generates tests only for source packages
Date Tue, 13 Jun 2017 18:20:01 +0200
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Package: security.debian.org
Severity: important

The generated OVAL tests only check the version of the source package, not packages built from it.

An example would be DSA-3872-1 (CVE-2017-5461, CVE-2017-5462, CVE-2017-7502), where the test checks the *nss* package, not *libnss3*, thus causing a false negative, since *nss* is not installed.

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Bug#864728: security.debian.org: OVAL def generator generates tests only for source packages 0x2a <0x2a@correcthorsebatterystaple.xyz> - 2017-06-13 18:20 +0200
  Bug#864728: security.debian.org: OVAL def generator generates tests only for source packages Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debian.org> - 2017-06-13 22:10 +0200
    Bug#864728: security.debian.org: OVAL def generator generates tests only for source packages 0x2a <0x2a@correcthorsebatterystaple.xyz> - 2017-06-16 16:40 +0200

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