CVE and BID

[Max Andersen]

riccardo rossi wrote:

>Hi all,
>I would to know the meaning of the word CVE and BID
>that appear at the end of each severity found.
>For example:
>
>CVE: CAN-1999-0504, CAN-1999-0506, CVE-2000-0222....
>BID: 494, 990
>
>What's the meaning of this output?
>Tks
>Riccardo
>

What has google done to you, since you won't use it?

BID : http://online.securityfocus.com/bid
Security Focus Bugtraq ID databse entry

CVE : http://cve.mitre.org/about/
Current Vulnerabilities and Exposures

Sincerely
Max
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