Re: CVE request: epiphany not checking ssl certs

[Josh Bressers <bressers () redhat com>]

----- "Tomas Hoger" <thoger () redhat com> wrote:

> On Fri, 17 Sep 2010 14:19:03 +0200 Hanno Böck wrote:
>
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=564690
> > http://blog.fefe.de/?ts=b26ca29d
> >
> > Did this get a CVE yet?
>
> Any specific reason to only give CVE to epiphany if you want to start
> giving CVEs for this kind of flaw?  IIRC, not long ago, no
> WebKitGtk-based browser I tried verified server SSL certificates and all
> connected without any complaint or indication that SSL certificate was
> not verified.  None seemed to offer any configuration option to enable
> certificate checking.  I guess there may be / was some limitations on
> WebKitGtk side that can explain this.
>
> I noticed midori now uses different address bar background color, which
> seem to be similar to the epiphany fix described in the Debian bug.
>
> Oh, now I see you're probably asking for CVE for post-deb#564690
> behavior, not pre-deb#564690, right?

I'm not following this. What exactly is getting a CVE id here?

Thanks.

-- 
    JB