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This compliant solution uses a text logger that automatically sanitizes its input. A sanitized logger saves the developer from having to worry about unsanitized log messages.
| Code Block | ||
|---|---|---|
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Logger sanLogger = new SanitizedTextLogger(logger);
if (loginSuccessful) {
sanLogger.severe("User login succeeded for: " + username);
} else {
sanLogger.severe("User login failed for: " + username);
} |
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Allowing unvalidated user input to be logged can result in forging of log entries, leaking secure information, or storing sensitive data in a manner that violates a local law or regulation.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IDS03-J | Medium | Probable | Medium | P8 | L2 |
Automated Detection
| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Checker Framework |
| Tainting Checker | Trust and security errors (see Chapter 8) | ||||||
| CodeSonar |
| JAVA.IO.TAINT.LOG |
Tainted Log (Java) | |||
| Fortify | Log_Forging | Implemented | |
| Klocwork |
| SVLOG_FORGING | Implemented | ||||||
| Parasoft Jtest |
| CERT.IDS03.TDLOG | Protect against log forging |
Related Guidelines
Injection [RST] | |
CWE-144, Improper neutralization of line delimiters | |
| MITRE CAPEC | CAPEC-93, Log Injection-Tampering-Forging |
Bibliography
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