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Memory and resource leaks during serialization can result in a resource exhaustion attack or can crash the Java Virtual Machine.
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SER10-J | Low | Unlikely | Low | P3 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Detecting code that should be considered privileged or sensitive requires programmer assistance. Given identified privileged code as a starting point, automated tools could compute the closure of all code that can be invoked from that point. Such a tool could plausibly determine whether all code in that closure exists within a single package. A further check of whether the package is sealed is feasible.
| Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
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| CodeSonar |
| JAVA.ALLOC.LEAK.NOTSTORED | Closeable Not Stored (Java) |
Related Guidelines
CWE-400, Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (aka "Resource Exhaustion") |
Bibliography
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