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This rule appears in the C++ Secure Coding Standard as ERR12-CPP. Do not allow exceptions to transmit sensitive information.

Related Guidelines

MITRE CWE

CWE ID 209,

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[[MITRE 2009

AA. Bibliography#MITRE 09]]

[CWE ID 209

http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/209.html] "Information Exposure Through an Error Message"

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CWE ID 600, "Uncaught Exception in Servlet"

 

CWE ID 497, "Exposure of System Data to an Unauthorized Control Sphere"

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[[Gong 2003

AA. Bibliography#Gong 03]]

9.1 Security Exceptions

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[[SCG 2007

AA. Bibliography#SCG 07]]

Guideline 3-4 Purge sensitive information from exceptions

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