On Thu, Nov 24, 2022 at 10:14 AM Mark Thomas <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We currently receive reports from oss-fuzz to the Tomcat security list.
> There is a relatively high volume of reports with a very high false
> positive rate. To date, we haven't had any valid security issues reported.
>
> Concern has been expressed that oss-fuzz is generating excessive noise
> on the security list.
>
> I'd like to propose the following solution, recently adopted by Apache
> Commons.
>
> 1. Create a new, private mailing list: fuzz-testing@tomcat.a.o
>
> 2. This new list becomes the primary contact for oss-fuzz issues.
>
> 3. security@tomact.a.o remains on the CC but we disable notifications
>     unless the issue is explicitly starred
>
> The new process would then be:
>
> - issues reported to fuzz-testing@tomact.a.o
> - interested PMC members subscribe to that list
> - we triage issues (depending on volume this could become an issue)
>    - false positives are rejected
>    - bugs are fixed
>    - security issues are starred
>      this triggers notification of issue updates to the security list
> - security issues are handled as per the usual process
>
> Thoughts?

+1

Rémy

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