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Episode 449 - The CUPSpocalypse

Josh and Kurt talk about the recent CUPS issue. The vulnerability itself wasn’t all that exciting, but the whole disclosure process was wild. There’s a lot to talk about, many things didn’t quite go as planned and it all leaked early. Let’s talk about why and what it all means. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_449_The_CUPSpocalypse.mp3 Show Notes CUPS vulnerability Akamai report Wil Wheaton: being a nerd is not about what you love; it’s about how you love it

October 7, 2024
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Why are vulnerabilities out of control in 2024?

Updated 2025-01-16: Since writing this post, there’s now a vulnerability focused discord you can join to discuss vulnerabilities. You can join with this link If you follow the vulnerability world, 2024 is starting to feel like we’ve become trapped in the mirror universe. NVD collapsed, the Linux kernel is generating a huge number of CVE IDs, CISA is maybe enriching the CVE data, and the growth rate of CVE is higher than its ever been. It feels like we’re careening off a cliff in the clown car where half the people are trapped inside trying to get out, and the other half are laughing at the clown honking its nose. ...

June 3, 2024
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Episode 426 - Automatically exploiting CVEs with AI

Josh and Kurt talk about a paper describing using a LLM to automatically create exploits for CVEs. The idea is probably already happening in many spaces such as pen testing and intelligence services. We can’t keep up with the number of vulnerabilities we have, there’s no way we can possibly keep up with a glut of LLM generated vulnerabilities. We really need to rethink how we handle vulnerabilities. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_426_Automatically_exploiting_CVEs_with_AI.mp3 Show Notes OpenAI’s GPT-4 can exploit real vulnerabilities by reading security advisories paper: LLM Agents can Autonomously Exploit One-day Vulnerabilities Cisco Fixes RV320/RV325 Vulnerability by Banning “curl” in User-Agent Episode 219 – Chat with Larry Cashdollar Cory Doctorow: What Kind of Bubble is AI?

April 29, 2024
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Episode 420 - What's going on at NVD

Josh and Kurt talk about what’s going on at the National Vulnerability Database. NVD suddenly stopped enriching vulnerabilities, and it’s sent shock-waves through the vulnerability management space. While there are many unknowns right now, the one thing we can count on is things won’t go back to the way they were. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_420_Whats_going_on_at_NVD.mp3 Show Notes Anchore’s Blog Grype Josh’s Cyphercon Talk Ecosyste.ms Episode 266 – The future of security scanning with Debricked

March 18, 2024
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Episode 417 - Linux Kernel security with Greg K-H

Josh and Kurt talk to GregKH about Linux Kernel security. We most focus on the topic of vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel, and what being a CNA will mean for the future of Linux Kernel security vulnerabilities. The future of Linux Kernel security vulnerabilities is going to be very interesting. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_417_Linux_Kernel_security_with_Greg_K-H.mp3 Show Notes Greg K-H Linux Kernel is a CNA Machine learning and stable kernels Bug reporting for Linux

February 26, 2024
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Episode 399 - Curl, Security, and Daniel Stenberg

Josh and Kurt talk to Daniel Stenberg about curl. Daniel is the creator of curl, we chat with him about the security of curl. Daniel tells us how curl is kept secure, we learn about some of the historical reasons curl works the way it does. We hear the story about the curl CVE situation firsthand. We also touch on the importance of curating the community of a popular open source project. ...

October 30, 2023
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Episode 392 - Curl and the calamity of CVE

Josh and Kurt talk about why CVE is making the news lately. Things are not well in the CVE program, and it’s not looking like anything will get fixed anytime soon. Josh and Kurt have a unique set of knowledge around CVE. There’s a lot of confusion and difficulty in understanding how CVE works. https://traffic.libsyn.com/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_392_Curl_and_the_calamity_of_CVE.mp3 Show Notes Curl blog post Now it’s PostgreSQL’s turn to have a bogus CVE GitHub Advisory Database Josh’s “CVE tried to get me fired” story

September 11, 2023
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Episode 307 - Got vulnerabilities? Introducing GSD

Josh and Kurt talk about the Global Security Database (GSD) project. This is a Cloud Security Alliance (CSA) effort to build community around vulnerability identifiers. https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/forcedn/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_307_Got_vulnerabilities_Introducing_GSD.mp3 Show Notes We rate dogs Racoons that heal your sadness Global Security Database Episode 261 – DWF is back! Welcome to community powered CVE GSD mailing list GSD Circle group GSD Database GSD Project Plan

January 24, 2022
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It's time to fix CVE

The late, great, John Lewis is well known for a quote about getting into trouble. Never, ever be afraid to make some noise and get in good trouble, necessary trouble. It’s time to start some good trouble. Anyone who knows me, reads this blog, or follows me on Twitter, is well aware I have been a proponent of CVE Identifiers for a very long time. I once assigned CVE IDs to most open source security vulnerabilities. I’ve helped more than one company and project adopt CVE IDs for their advisories. I encourage anyone who will listen to adopt CVE IDs. I’ve even talked about it on the podcast many times. ...

March 30, 2021
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Episode 261 - DWF is back! Welcome to community powered CVE

Josh and Kurt talk about DWF. It’s back and the intention is to have real community driven security identifiers! https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/opensourcesecuritypodcast/Episode_261_DWF_is_back_Welcome_to_community_powered_CVE.mp3 Show Notes Committee vs Community dwflist repo dwf-request tooling repo dwf-workflow policy repo CVE plateua graph iwantacve.org

March 8, 2021