#14888
@getvictor This is ready for review, but keeping as draft as there are
probably many tests that need amending.
I used the new version of the `./tools/nvd/nvdvuln/nvdvuln.go` to
compare the current vulnerabilities found in our dogfood environment
with the vulnerabilities found by the code in this PR and both results
match:
```
go run -race -tags fts5 ./tools/nvd/nvdvuln/nvdvuln.go --debug --db_dir ./local --software_from_url <dogfood URL> --software_from_api_token <API_TOKEN> --sync 2>&1 | tee out.txt
[...]
CVEs found and expected matched!
```
- [X] Changes file added for user-visible changes in `changes/` or
`orbit/changes/`.
See [Changes
files](https://fleetdm.com/docs/contributing/committing-changes#changes-files)
for more information.
- [ ] Added/updated tests
- [X] Manual QA for all new/changed functionality
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Co-authored-by: Victor Lyuboslavsky <victor@fleetdm.com>
Co-authored-by: Victor Lyuboslavsky <victor.lyuboslavsky@gmail.com>
Feature: Improve our capability to detect vulnerable software on Ubuntu hosts
To improve the capability of detecting vulnerable software on Ubuntu, we are now using OVAL definitions to detect vulnerable software on Ubuntu hosts. If data sync is enabled (disable_data_sync=false) OVAL definitions are automatically kept up to date (they are 'refreshed' once per day) - there's also the option to manually download the OVAL definitions using the 'fleetctl vulnerability-data-stream' command. Downloaded definitions are then parsed into an intermediary format and then used to identify vulnerable software on Ubuntu hosts. Finally, any 'recent' detected vulnerabilities are sent to any third-party integrations.
