Questions tagged [oval]

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Version earlier than 0 in Debian OVAL feeds

I'm trying to parse Debian OVAL feeds to establish if some packages are vulnerable or not. I'm using criterions to establish what's the vulnerable version for a package, however often there are entries saying that "version is earlier than 0", e.g. …
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What's the difference between OVAL definitions, objects, and tests?

I'm trying to become more familiar with OVAL tst def and obj references in joval xml definition files. For example, I'll see stuff like: And then other areas will have stuff…
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What does "windows_view" attribute of registry object in OVAL?

I've seen somewhere that in 32-bit and 64-bit Windows registry structure is different so you need to use flag windows_view="32_bit" in registry object behaviors tag. But i forgot about it and tested my files with OVALdi on 32-bit Windows and then on…
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