For identifying all security-related bugs, use the Bugzilla query page and set the following fields:
This will give you a list of all security bugs in our system (or at least the ones that are properly assigned). You can set the query to only display Vulnerabilities, Kernel issues, or other subsets of Security bugs by setting the Component
When a package has had a security patch applied, it typically needs to be tested before being marked stable on affected architectures. To identify all bugs where a particular arch needs to mark a package stable, use the query page and set the following fields:
When a package gets patched and requires testing, the security team will CC all relevant arches on that particular bug and request that they test and mark the package as stable on their architecture. Thus, by using the search criteria described above, you'll be able to easily see what bugs require attention for a particular arch.
Important: To make this report effective, it's very important that arch teams remember to remove themselves from the CC list once they have stabilized a package. |
Note: For unsupported arches, bugs may be closed without the package being marked stable on that particular architecture. Thus, developers for these architectures may wish to include closed bugs in their queries. (For an explanation of "supported" vs. "unsupported" architectures, please see the Vulnerability Treatment Policy.) |
Architecture Security Liaisons will need additional queries to catch bugs that require their participation. Those bugs could be for instance SEMI-PUBLIC ranked bugs that need to be marked stable in the tree, or CONFIDENTIAL bugs that have prestable testing in Bugzilla only. To get a list of these bugs, use the query page and set the following fields:
Bugzilla queries that might be helpful
Gentoo Security Team members and Padawans might find these queries helpful. Except from false positives, bugs listed in these queries need attention from the Security Team.
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