add description for commented lines in checkers

[peb-peb]

In #1189, we dicussed to add # Alternate optional contains patterns, see <link to helper script docs> for more details in checkers where we have commented out strings in CONTAINS_PATTERNS, but it was not merged with #1189. So, the task for anyone who wants to work on this would be:

• [ ] to add # Alternate optional contains patterns, see <link to helper script docs> for more details in checkers which have strings commented out in them.

Also, not every checker which do not have strings in CONTAINS_PATTERNS was searched and looked into in #1189. So, just putting the list down here to search in for those checkers:

• [ ] expat
• [ ] ffmpeg
• [ ] gcc
• [ ] gimp
• [ ] gnupg
• [ ] haproxy
• [ ] hostpad
• [ ] icecast
• [ ] libssh2
• [ ] libvirt
• [ ] memchand
• [ ] netpbm
• [ ] openafs
• [ ] openldap
• [ ] openssh
• [ ] openvpn
• [ ] polarssl_fedora
• [ ] postgresql
• [ ] qt
• [ ] radare2
• [ ] rsyslog
• [ ] samba
• [ ] strongswan
• [ ] tcpdump
• [ ] varnish
• [ ] wireshark

[snosratiershad]

Hey, I'm going to work on this issue.

[peb-peb]

Go ahead! If you have any problems regarding this, feel free to ask it here or on our communication channel.

[snosratiershad]

@peb-peb, is https://github.com/intel/cve-bin-tool/tree/main/cve_bin_tool/checkers#helper-script the expected link to helper script docs? I couldn't found it's copy on https://cve-bin-tool.readthedocs.io.

[peb-peb]

@snosratiershad yup! that is the link for the docs.

[snosratiershad]

@peb-peb, I tried to find contains patterns with helper script on radare2, gimp, expat, ... but almost everytime it returns blank list. should I install or compile codebase of this packages and finally find patterns with analyzing strings in binary files? (for example using strings of gnu development tools). I tested it for contains patterns of current checkers and always found them in binary files.

[peb-peb]

If the helper-script is failing in finding any appropriate patterns, then Yes, you would have to do it manually by extracting and searching for possible patterns.

I'll also check for these (i.e. radare2, gimp, expat) and see why the script is returning an empty array.

[snosratiershad]

@peb-peb, I just noticed that wireshark, ffmpeg, ... has already CONTAINS_PATTERNS. should we update them?

[snosratiershad]

@peb-peb, @terriko Also I think I've found why helper script couldn't found related information about CONTAINS_PATTERNS of too many versions and types of expat package, that I've tested. are we looking for libexpats checkers all this times?

[terriko]

It looks like this is pretty much done and safe to close. @anthonyharrison says we might have missed openLDAP so I'll open a separate issue for that.

[terriko]

Hm, openLDAP looks ok to me (no commented lines) so I'm just gonna leave it as is.