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Addition of data-structure sentinel
Overview
The accidental addition of a data-structure sentinel can cause serious programming logic problems.
Consequences
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08 May, 2008
Views: 217
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Assigning instead of comparing
Overview
In many languages the compare statement is very close in appearance to the assignment statement and are often confused.
Consequences
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08 May, 2008
Views: 240
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Comparing instead of assigning
Overview
In many languages, the compare statement is very close in appearance to the assignment statement; they are often confused.
Consequences...
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08 May, 2008
Views: 250
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Deletion of data-structure sentinel
Overview
The accidental deletion of a data structure sentinel can cause serious programing logic problems.
Consequences
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08 May, 2008
Views: 224
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Duplicate key in associative list (alist)
Overview
Associative lists should always have unique keys, since having non-unique keys can often be mistaken for an error.
Consequences
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08 May, 2008
Views: 220
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Failure to check whether privileges were dropped successfully
Overview
If one changes security privileges, one should ensure that the change was successful.
Consequences
Authorization: If privileges...
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08 May, 2008
Views: 248
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Failure to deallocate data
Overview
If memory is allocated and not freed the process could continue to consume more and more memory and eventually crash.
Consequences
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08 May, 2008
Views: 230
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Failure to provide confidentiality for stored data
Overview
Non-final public fields should be avoided, if possible, as the code is easily tamperable.
Consequences
Integrity: The object...
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08 May, 2008
Views: 261
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Improper cleanup on thrown exception
Overview
Causing a change in flow, due to an exception, can often leave the code in a bad state.
Consequences
Implementation: The code...
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08 May, 2008
Views: 222
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Improper error handling
Overview
Sometimes an error is detected, and bad or no action is taken.
Consequences
Undefined.
Exposure period
Implementation: This is...
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08 May, 2008
Views: 254
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