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VuWaDB: A Vulnerability Workaround Database

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  • Atefeh Khazaei

    (Yazd University, Yazd, Iran)

  • Mohammad Ghasemzadeh

    (Yazd University, Yazd, Iran)

  • Christoph Meinel

    (Hasso Plattner Institute, Potsdam, Germany)

Abstract

This paper introduces VuWaDB, which is a database for vulnerability workarounds. When faced with a newly discovered vulnerability, experts tend to use workarounds in order to mitigate the risks until a patch is issued by the vendor. Currently, the available vulnerability databases suffer from the lack of comprehensive workaround solutions. Furthermore, the presented workarounds are only limited to a few vulnerabilities but also poorly recorded in natural language sentences and plain text format. In order to construct VuWaDB, first, the related information was gathered from a number of well-known vulnerability databases and then extracted, analyzed, and labeled. In this regard, VuWaDB organizes the workarounds in six categories: configuration, modify code, redirect, remove, restrict access and, utility tool. Lastly, it was analyzed from the statistical point of view.

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  • Atefeh Khazaei & Mohammad Ghasemzadeh & Christoph Meinel, 2018. "VuWaDB: A Vulnerability Workaround Database," International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP), IGI Global, vol. 12(4), pages 24-34, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:igg:jisp00:v:12:y:2018:i:4:p:24-34
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