Supplementing CVEs with !CVEs: conflicts of interest

Posted Dec 7, 2023 9:35 UTC (Thu) by pombredanne (guest, #113982)
In reply to: Supplementing CVEs with !CVEs: conflicts of interest by geofft
Parent article: Supplementing CVEs with !CVEs

Geofft wrote:

> The only people who would actually benefit, again, are the folks who want to catch CVEs like they're Pokémon.

This is an awesome way to state this. I will steal this quote from you

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> Franky I don't think LWN should be giving these guys the publicity. This is just taking one of the major flaws of the CVE program and calling it a feature.

IMHO these discussions must happen to uncover the scams, and are therefore needed. And beyond the discussions, how to fix the problem *sigh* ?