"Version less than 0.0" in OVAL definitions

[Serkan Özkan <serkan@vulniq.com>]

Hello,
We are using Debian OVAL definitions but there are many tests, and states, that test for dpkg versions being less than 0.0 which is impossible in practice (right?). 

How should we handle these tests/definitions? Should we ignore them or does 0.0 have a special meaning in this case?

<dpkginfo_test check="all" check_existence="at_least_one_exists" comment="linux is earlier than 0" id="oval:org.debian.oval:tst:22144" version="1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">

<object object_ref="oval:org.debian.oval:obj:195"/>

<state state_ref="oval:org.debian.oval:ste:14430"/>

</dpkginfo_test>

<dpkginfo_test check="all" check_existence="at_least_one_exists" comment="jhead is earlier than 0" id="oval:org.debian.oval:tst:22145" version="1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">

<object object_ref="oval:org.debian.oval:obj:740"/>

<state state_ref="oval:org.debian.oval:ste:14430"/>

</dpkginfo_test>

...

<dpkginfo_state id="oval:org.debian.oval:ste:14430" version="1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">

<evr datatype="debian_evr_string" operation="less than">0:0</evr>

</dpkginfo_state>

<dpkginfo_state id="oval:org.debian.oval:ste:14431" version="1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">

<evr datatype="debian_evr_string" operation="less than">0:1.14.4-1+deb10u1</evr>

</dpkginfo_state>

<dpkginfo_state id="oval:org.debian.oval:ste:14432" version="1" xmlns="http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5#linux">

<evr datatype="debian_evr_string" operation="less than">0:0</evr>

</dpkginfo_state>

Thanks in advance,
Serkan Özkan