Questions tagged [code-review]
Questions about how to audit source code for security issues. Do note that requests for full code reviews are not on topic.
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Criteria for Evaluating Static Analysis Tools
As with any tools purchase part of the outcome is in how good the evaluation criteria are, so it is important to understand the criteria people might use when assessing Security static analysis tools.
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Open source web application penetration testing community
I do web development for a living but my real passion is security. I have worked with countless open source web application/framework and I have found vulnerabilities in most of them. The main cause ...
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Outsourcing security evaluation
Does anyone have any experience with outsourcing security code review via freelance sites (like Rent-a-coder, Elance, Guru, Getafreelancer, etc.)? Is this effective? What are the best practices? ...
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Any useful tools for Android source code review? [closed]
I'm wondering if anyone has some recommendations for Android source code review which is Java based. For example, reviewing an Android app for security issues. Bonus for being F/OSS.
Fortify seems ...
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How to review code for backdoors?
I have a codebase that needs a code review to evaluate it for backdoors.
The code is far too big to review it all, how would you recommend approaching the problem.
It is a java web application with ...
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Code Review Strategies
As per my information, there is no hard and fast rule for doing a security code review but we all develop our own strategy for the same. I was wondering if we all can share the different strategies ...
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What are some good, free tools to run automated security audits for PHP code?
I've been looking for some time now and have come up short. The most promising I found was Spike PHP, which seems to no longer work. I'm looking to scan my code for potential risks of SQL Injection, ...
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Is there a real risk of exploitation in java code where a null pointer is dereferenced
I'm playing with some generally well written and parsed java code, but there are some oddities thrown up by my code scanning tool.
I know a null pointer dereference can crash a program, but assuming ...
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Code Analysis: Binary vs Source
While conducting a software security assessment, if you have access to the source code of a compiled application (say C++), would you ever do any analysis upon the compiled version, either with any ...
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Can anyone suggest good open source tools for scanning source code for vulnerabilities? [closed]
I'm particularly looking ones which detect vulnerabilities in C/C++ code. I've seen a bunch of proprietary tools but no open source ones.
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What is the vulnerability in my PHP code?
A website of mine was recently hacked. Although the actual website remain unchanged, they were somehow able to use the domain to create a link that re-directed to an ebay phishing scam.
I've taken ...
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GET with additional parameters leads to "code injection" in html displayed
We got a security review done of our PHP code and the security company sent this in their report:
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GET /appdir/ajax/addAvail.php?counter=1216%3cscript%3ealert(0)%3c%2fscript%3e&from=1216%...
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Fortify360 - Sinks & Sources - Vulnerability count
In an application security environment, I use Fortify Software's Fortify360 on a daily basis.
One of my biggest hurdles is explaining the numbers (sources vs sinks)
Fortify flags each location in ...
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Scripting a search through php files for dangerous calls for manual review
I'm automating a script which searches through all php files on a big site for dangerous commands. The files which are found will be manually code reviewed.
Does anyone have any recommendations for ...
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Finding security consultant for doing in-depth code review?
We have a PHP application that we know has poor coding practices (because the developers did not have a good understanding of PHP / programming fundamentals). This could lead to the scenario where we ...
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Getting a manual security code review done - What to watch out for?
We have a PHP application that we want to get code reviewed from an external security consultant, but I'm not clear on "how to" go about that process.
We did specify what kind of tests he should be ...
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Benefits of secure code review in-IDE vs. fatapp vs. webapp
For those of you who have worked with commercial secure code review tools such as:
Klocwork
Coverity
Armorize
Fortify
Checkmarx
Appscan Source Edition (formerly
Ounce)
Or perhaps a free or open-...
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Automated tools vs. Manual reviews
What are the advantages of using automated tools, as opposed to manual review? What are the disadvantages?
This applies both to external blackbox vulnerability scanning, and to static code analysis.
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White-box vs. Black-box
What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each form of testing?
I.e. What is the difference between static code analysis and runtime/dynamic penetration testing?
What are the pros and cons ...
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How to perform a security audit for a PHP application?
I have a PHP application that I would like to have audited for security. I'm familiar with most of the general security issues, but want to make sure I didn't miss anything.
What steps should I take ...
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