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New Comprehensive Open Source Vulnerability Database for Software Flaws

Calendar Apr 06, 2004 • User Avatar Anthony Pell
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IT management information sharing software flaws open source database vulnerability reports collaborative project
A collaborative project intended to give network managers a comprehensive, unbiased source of information on software vulnerabilities has gone live, delivering its entire library of flaws under an open-source licence. . . . A collaborative project intended to give network managers a comprehensive, unbiased source of information on software vulnerabilities has gone live, delivering its entire library of flaws under an open-source licence.

The Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB), made available to the public last week, is intended as a clearing-house for verified vulnerability information, collecting and organizing the thousands of vulnerability reports that surface each year so that IT managers don't have to.

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