CVE and BID

[Brearley, Kyle]

I know CVE stands for Common Vulnerabilites and Exposures.

http://www.cve.mitre.org/



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From: "riccardo rossi" <vojosasu at yahoo.it>
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Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 11:22 AM
Subject: CVE and BID


> 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?

For more information regarding the flaw, you can enter the CVE ID at
http://cve.mitre.org/

for the BID (bugtraq ID) you can enter
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/<number>

John Lampe
Researcher, Tenable Network Security

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