rspec/rules/S2258/java/rule.adoc
Egon Okerman d1417e82f8
Modify CWE and OWASP Top 10 links to follow standard link format (APPSEC-1134) (#3529)
* Fix all CWE references

* Fix all OWASP references

* Fix missing CWE prefixes
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== Why is this an issue?
By contract, the ``++NullCipher++`` class provides an "identity cipher" - one that does not transform or encrypt the plaintext in any way. As a consequence, the ciphertext is identical to the plaintext. So this class should be used for testing, and never in production code.
=== Noncompliant code example
[source,java]
----
NullCipher nc = new NullCipher();
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== Resources
* OWASP - https://owasp.org/www-project-top-ten/2017/A6_2017-Security_Misconfiguration[Top 10 2017 Category A6 - Security Misconfiguration]
* CWE - https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/327[CWE-327 - Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm]
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'''
== Implementation Specification
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=== Message
Remove this use of the "NullCipher" class.
'''
== Comments And Links
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=== on 3 Dec 2014, 16:05:08 Nicolas Peru wrote:
As discussed, detecting call to constructor(s) is sufficient.
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