Frustrated security professionals acting on behalf of equally irritated researchers unable to gain Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) numbers for their bugs have started an alternative numbering system to help triage what they describe as a huge backlog of ignored software flaws. Several prominent researchers are now backing the Distributed Weakness Filing (DWF) System badged as an alternative for the herds of researchers unable to gain the CVE for their legitimate vulnerabilities.
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ORIGINAL SOURCE: The Register
