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CWE-577: EJB Bad Practices: Use of Sockets

Weakness ID: 577
Vulnerability Mapping: ALLOWED This CWE ID may be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
Abstraction: Variant Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.
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Description
The product violates the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) specification by using sockets.
Extended Description
The Enterprise JavaBeans specification requires that every bean provider follow a set of programming guidelines designed to ensure that the bean will be portable and behave consistently in any EJB container. In this case, the product violates the following EJB guideline: "An enterprise bean must not attempt to listen on a socket, accept connections on a socket, or use a socket for multicast." The specification justifies this requirement in the following way: "The EJB architecture allows an enterprise bean instance to be a network socket client, but it does not allow it to be a network server. Allowing the instance to become a network server would conflict with the basic function of the enterprise bean-- to serve the EJB clients."
Common Consequences
Section HelpThis table specifies different individual consequences associated with the weakness. The Scope identifies the application security area that is violated, while the Impact describes the negative technical impact that arises if an adversary succeeds in exploiting this weakness. The Likelihood provides information about how likely the specific consequence is expected to be seen relative to the other consequences in the list. For example, there may be high likelihood that a weakness will be exploited to achieve a certain impact, but a low likelihood that it will be exploited to achieve a different impact.
Impact Details

Quality Degradation

Scope: Other

Potential Mitigations
Phase(s) Mitigation

Architecture and Design; Implementation
Do not use Sockets when writing EJBs.
Relationships
Section Help This table shows the weaknesses and high level categories that are related to this weakness. These relationships are defined as ChildOf, ParentOf, MemberOf and give insight to similar items that may exist at higher and lower levels of abstraction. In addition, relationships such as PeerOf and CanAlsoBe are defined to show similar weaknesses that the user may want to explore.
Relevant to the view "Research Concepts" (View-1000)
Nature Type ID Name
ChildOf Class Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource. 573 Improper Following of Specification by Caller
Modes Of Introduction
Section HelpThe different Modes of Introduction provide information about how and when this weakness may be introduced. The Phase identifies a point in the life cycle at which introduction may occur, while the Note provides a typical scenario related to introduction during the given phase.
Phase Note
Implementation
Applicable Platforms
Section HelpThis listing shows possible areas for which the given weakness could appear. These may be for specific named Languages, Operating Systems, Architectures, Paradigms, Technologies, or a class of such platforms. The platform is listed along with how frequently the given weakness appears for that instance.
Languages

Java (Undetermined Prevalence)

Demonstrative Examples

Example 1


The following Java example is a simple stateless Enterprise JavaBean that retrieves stock symbols and stock values. The Enterprise JavaBean creates a socket and listens for and accepts connections from clients on the socket.

(bad code)
Example Language: Java
@Stateless
public class StockSymbolBean implements StockSymbolRemote {

ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
Socket clientSocket = null;

public StockSymbolBean() {
try {
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(Constants.SOCKET_PORT);
} catch (IOException ex) {...}

try {
clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
} catch (IOException e) {...}
}

public String getStockSymbol(String name) {...}

public BigDecimal getStockValue(String symbol) {...}

private void processClientInputFromSocket() {...}
}

And the following Java example is similar to the previous example but demonstrates the use of multicast socket connections within an Enterprise JavaBean.

(bad code)
Example Language: Java
@Stateless
public class StockSymbolBean extends Thread implements StockSymbolRemote {

ServerSocket serverSocket = null;
Socket clientSocket = null;
boolean listening = false;

public StockSymbolBean() {
try {
serverSocket = new ServerSocket(Constants.SOCKET_PORT);
} catch (IOException ex) {...}

listening = true;
while(listening) {
start();
}
}

public String getStockSymbol(String name) {...}

public BigDecimal getStockValue(String symbol) {...}

public void run() {
try {
clientSocket = serverSocket.accept();
} catch (IOException e) {...}
...
}
}

The previous two examples within any type of Enterprise JavaBean violate the EJB specification by attempting to listen on a socket, accepting connections on a socket, or using a socket for multicast.



Memberships
Section HelpThis MemberOf Relationships table shows additional CWE Categories and Views that reference this weakness as a member. This information is often useful in understanding where a weakness fits within the context of external information sources.
Nature Type ID Name
MemberOf CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 1001 SFP Secondary Cluster: Use of an Improper API
MemberOf CategoryCategory - a CWE entry that contains a set of other entries that share a common characteristic. 1412 Comprehensive Categorization: Poor Coding Practices
Vulnerability Mapping Notes
Usage ALLOWED
(this CWE ID may be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)
Reason Acceptable-Use

Rationale

This CWE entry is at the Variant level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.

Comments

Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.
Taxonomy Mappings
Mapped Taxonomy Name Node ID Fit Mapped Node Name
Software Fault Patterns SFP3 Use of an improper API
Content History
Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2006年12月15日
(CWE Draft 5, 2006年12月15日) 		CWE Community
Submitted by members of the CWE community to extend early CWE versions
Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2023年06月29日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023年04月27日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships, Time_of_Introduction
2023年01月31日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description
2020年02月24日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
2014年07月30日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
2012年05月11日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
2011年06月27日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Common_Consequences
2011年06月01日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Common_Consequences
2009年12月28日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Demonstrative_Examples, Potential_Mitigations
2009年10月29日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Description, Other_Notes
2008年09月08日 CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships, Other_Notes
2008年07月01日 Eric Dalci Cigital
updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
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