diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
index 379f712..c00d291 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/cve-check.bbclass
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 CVE_VERSION ??= "${PV}"
 
 CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR ?= "${DL_DIR}/CVE_CHECK"
-CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE ?= "${CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR}/nvd-json.db"
+CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE ?= "${CVE_CHECK_DB_DIR}/nvdcve_1.0.db"
 
 CVE_CHECK_LOG ?= "${T}/cve.log"
 CVE_CHECK_TMP_FILE ?= "${TMPDIR}/cve_check"
@@ -37,32 +37,33 @@
 CVE_CHECK_CREATE_MANIFEST ??= "1"
 
 # Whitelist for packages (PN)
-CVE_CHECK_PN_WHITELIST = "\
-    glibc-locale \
-"
+CVE_CHECK_PN_WHITELIST ?= ""
 
-# Whitelist for CVE and version of package
-CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST = "{\
-    'CVE-2014-2524': ('6.3','5.2',), \
-}"
+# Whitelist for CVE. If a CVE is found, then it is considered patched.
+# The value is a string containing space separated CVE values:
+# 
+# CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST = 'CVE-2014-2524 CVE-2018-1234'
+# 
+CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST ?= ""
 
 python do_cve_check () {
     """
     Check recipe for patched and unpatched CVEs
     """
 
-    if os.path.exists(d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_TMP_FILE")):
+    if os.path.exists(d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE")):
         patched_cves = get_patches_cves(d)
         patched, unpatched = check_cves(d, patched_cves)
         if patched or unpatched:
             cve_data = get_cve_info(d, patched + unpatched)
             cve_write_data(d, patched, unpatched, cve_data)
     else:
-        bb.note("Failed to update CVE database, skipping CVE check")
+        bb.note("No CVE database found, skipping CVE check")
+
 }
 
 addtask cve_check after do_unpack before do_build
-do_cve_check[depends] = "cve-update-db:do_populate_cve_db"
+do_cve_check[depends] = "cve-update-db-native:do_populate_cve_db"
 do_cve_check[nostamp] = "1"
 
 python cve_check_cleanup () {
@@ -170,52 +171,87 @@
 
     cves_unpatched = []
     # CVE_PRODUCT can contain more than one product (eg. curl/libcurl)
-    bpn = d.getVar("CVE_PRODUCT").split()
+    products = d.getVar("CVE_PRODUCT").split()
     # If this has been unset then we're not scanning for CVEs here (for example, image recipes)
-    if len(bpn) == 0:
+    if not products:
         return ([], [])
     pv = d.getVar("CVE_VERSION").split("+git")[0]
-    cve_whitelist = ast.literal_eval(d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST"))
 
     # If the recipe has been whitlisted we return empty lists
     if d.getVar("PN") in d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_PN_WHITELIST").split():
         bb.note("Recipe has been whitelisted, skipping check")
         return ([], [])
 
+    old_cve_whitelist =  d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST")
+    if old_cve_whitelist:
+        bb.warn("CVE_CHECK_CVE_WHITELIST is deprecated, please use CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST.")
+    cve_whitelist = d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_WHITELIST").split()
+
     import sqlite3
     db_file = d.getVar("CVE_CHECK_DB_FILE")
     conn = sqlite3.connect(db_file)
-    c = conn.cursor()
 
-    query = """SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS WHERE
-               (PRODUCT IS '{0}' AND VERSION = '{1}' AND OPERATOR IS '=') OR
-               (PRODUCT IS '{0}' AND OPERATOR IS '<=');"""
-    for idx in range(len(bpn)):
-        for row in c.execute(query.format(bpn[idx],pv)):
-            cve = row[1]
-            version = row[4]
+    for product in products:
+        c = conn.cursor()
+        if ":" in product:
+            vendor, product = product.split(":", 1)
+            c.execute("SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS WHERE PRODUCT IS ? AND VENDOR IS ?", (product, vendor))
+        else:
+            c.execute("SELECT * FROM PRODUCTS WHERE PRODUCT IS ?", (product,))
 
-            try:
-                discardVersion = LooseVersion(version) < LooseVersion(pv)
-            except:
-                discardVersion = True
+        for row in c:
+            cve = row[0]
+            version_start = row[3]
+            operator_start = row[4]
+            version_end = row[5]
+            operator_end = row[6]
 
-            if pv in cve_whitelist.get(cve,[]):
-                bb.note("%s-%s has been whitelisted for %s" % (bpn[idx], pv, cve))
+            if cve in cve_whitelist:
+                bb.note("%s-%s has been whitelisted for %s" % (product, pv, cve))
             elif cve in patched_cves:
                 bb.note("%s has been patched" % (cve))
-            elif discardVersion:
-                bb.debug(2, "Do not consider version %s " % (version))
             else:
-                cves_unpatched.append(cve)
-                bb.debug(2, "%s-%s is not patched for %s" % (bpn[idx], pv, cve))
+                to_append = False
+                if (operator_start == '=' and pv == version_start):
+                    cves_unpatched.append(cve)
+                else:
+                    if operator_start:
+                        try:
+                            to_append_start =  (operator_start == '>=' and LooseVersion(pv) >= LooseVersion(version_start))
+                            to_append_start |= (operator_start == '>' and LooseVersion(pv) > LooseVersion(version_start))
+                        except:
+                            bb.note("%s: Failed to compare %s %s %s for %s" %
+                                    (product, pv, operator_start, version_start, cve))
+                            to_append_start = False
+                    else:
+                        to_append_start = False
+
+                    if operator_end:
+                        try:
+                            to_append_end  = (operator_end == '<=' and LooseVersion(pv) <= LooseVersion(version_end))
+                            to_append_end |= (operator_end == '<' and LooseVersion(pv) < LooseVersion(version_end))
+                        except:
+                            bb.note("%s: Failed to compare %s %s %s for %s" %
+                                    (product, pv, operator_end, version_end, cve))
+                            to_append_end = False
+                    else:
+                        to_append_end = False
+
+                    if operator_start and operator_end:
+                        to_append = to_append_start and to_append_end
+                    else:
+                        to_append = to_append_start or to_append_end
+
+                if to_append:
+                    cves_unpatched.append(cve)
+                bb.debug(2, "%s-%s is not patched for %s" % (product, pv, cve))
     conn.close()
 
     return (list(patched_cves), cves_unpatched)
 
 def get_cve_info(d, cves):
     """
-    Get CVE information from the database used by cve-check-tool.
+    Get CVE information from the database.
 
     Unfortunately the only way to get CVE info is set the output to
     html (hard to parse) or query directly the database.