Software Vulnerability Research Knowledge Base

The Anatomy of a Security Advisory

A security advisory is a summary of the work that Secunia Research performs to communicate standardized, validated and enriched vulnerability research on a specific software product version. We issue Secunia Research criticality ratings and common v...

bkelly Moderator Oct 05, 2020

Security, Integrity and Quality of SVM Patches

There are three important aspects we make a priority at Flexera when it comes to the patches provided in Software Vulnerability Manager (SVM) – Security, Integrity, and Quality. No matter if the patch comes from our Flexera Software Patch System (SP...

bkelly Moderator Jul 31, 2020

Show/Hide Rejected Advisories [Rejection Notice]

Question: Secunia Research can reject software vulnerability reports by other vendors or public sources in the event that the exploitation of the vulnerability as reported by the original public reporters are not realistic, require violation of secu...

RDanailov Flexera Oct 09, 2019

Secunia Advisories Software Vulnerability Research

Unable to log on to Flexera SVR via SSO?

Synopsis When attempting to log on with an appropriate username and password to the Software Vulnerability Research software, the SVR returns an error: "Sorry, you are not allowed to access this app." Discussion Signing of Assertions is a pre-requisi...

tpeacock Flexera Apr 12, 2019

Error Message Software Vulnerability Research SSO

Steps to "Suggest Software" for tracking in SVR

Summary Flexera performs vulnerability tracking of the software used by customers of Flexera. When there is a missing title in the database that blocks you to add that product to your Watch Lists for further vulnerability tracking, you should send yo...

rpachevurova Community Manager Mar 06, 2019

How To Software Vulnerability Research Suggest Software