CWE-405 Asymmetric Resource Consumption (Amplification) Explained
When a tiny request makes your service do huge work, attackers win the cost battle. CWE-405 explained with Smurf, XML bombs, a Python CVE and fixes.
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When a tiny request makes your service do huge work, attackers win the cost battle. CWE-405 explained with Smurf, XML bombs, a Python CVE and fixes.
Resources that are not released, or released wrongly, cause leaks, denial of service and data exposure. CWE-404 explained with real CVEs and fixes in C and Java.
Child processes inherit open file descriptors, including ones they should never touch. CWE-403 explained with a C example, four CVEs and the fix.
CWE-402 covers resources meant only for your product that end up in untrusted hands, such as leaked file descriptors. Real CVEs and a defensive checklist.
Memory that is allocated and never freed is a leak, and a leak an attacker can trigger is a denial of service. CWE-401 explained with C and C++ fixes.
When nothing limits how much memory, CPU or connections a request can use, one client can take the service down. CWE-400 explained with real CVEs and fixes.
CWE-40 is path traversal using a Windows UNC share such as double backslash host share name. What it means and how to prevent it.
Declaring that a method throws Exception or Throwable leaves callers unable to handle errors well. CWE-397 explained with a Java example and the fix.
Catching Exception or Throwable hides errors that deserve their own handling. CWE-396 explained with Java and Python examples and a static scan demo.
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