[Full-disclosure] SecNiche : Microsoft Internet Explorer Pop up Blocker Bypassing and Dos Vulner

[Steven M. Christey]

On Wed, 15 Aug 2007, security curmudgeon wrote:

> OSVDB did not begin agressively tracking and cataloging myth/fake
> vulnerabilities until earlier this year.

CVE began a similar practice by using a "** DISPUTED **" or "** REJECT **"
string in the descriptions.

> OSVDB will add legitimate vulnerabilities before myth/fake typically, so
> in some cases they are just at the bottom of the queue.

Same with CVE; so if we've determined that a researcher has a very bad
track record, we'll de-prioritize them on our queue.  We don't keep a
specific list of reliable/unreliable researchers, however.  A resource
like that would be very useful.  Some unreliable researchers do improve,
however.

- Steve