dependency-check / dependency-check/DependencyCheck

use CPE `update` and `edition` fields to derive matching version to reduce FP

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Description

The NVD has some CVEs such as https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-42550, that use these fields to include additional data that is part of the version, sometimes representing pre-release versions.

Creating this issue to group together FPs which cannot be fixed without support for these CPE fields.

Relates to #7139

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