fix: handle - and _ in versions

terriko · Oct 25, 2023 · 6814d4d · 6814d4d
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diff --git a/cve_bin_tool/version_compare.py b/cve_bin_tool/version_compare.py
@@ -24,7 +24,12 @@ def parse_version(version_string: str):
     versionString = version_string
     versionArray = []
 
-    # Attempt a split based on common whitespace delimiters
+    # convert - and _ to be treated like . below
+    # we could switch to a re split but it seems to leave blanks so this is less hassle
+    versionString = versionString.replace("-", ".")
+    versionString = versionString.replace("_", ".")
+
+    # Attempt a split
     split_version = versionString.split(".")
 
     # if the whole string was numeric then we're done and you can move on