Re: MITRE delays persist

["Steven M. Christey" <coley () mitre org>]

> Back in mid-March you wrote an email addressing the CVE assignment
> delays people had been experiencing. [1]
>
> I was relieved when I received your email because I had several
> outstanding requests and was wondering why they were being held up.
>
> Unfortunately, almost 11 weeks has passed since your email and my
> pending requests have yet to be addressed.
>
> Would you please provide an update on the steps MITRE is taking to
> become more responsive and provide a hard timeline on clearing of the
> existing backlog?
>
> For example, I have pending requests dating back to mid-February.
>
> Thank you.
>
> [1] http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=142679274522902&w=2

Some requests are delayed because of complexity in deciding how 
vulnerability information can be best represented in CVE. If there is a 
vulnerability-research category, aspect, or approach that we feel may have 
unexpected concerns that are specific to CVE, we prefer to resolve that 
within our team, rather than follow a piecemeal approach to the related 
individual requests. Accordingly, we do not designate a timeline that 
applies globally to every request. If anyone needs additional confirmation 
that a request has indeed been received and read, and that we are aware of 
it remaining unanswered, sending directly to the cve-assign () mitre org 
address is the best option.


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CVE Assignment Team, MITRE CVE Numbering Authority