JEE Rules - 1.5 - Release Notes

1.5.0-beta3

Customer Ticket Id	Details
44850	Fixes false negative for the rule 1039062: "Always implement readObject() to prevent untrusted deserialization when loading from ObjectInputStream".

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
1039086	TRUE	Avoid using DOMParser without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE).
1039088	TRUE	Avoid using Validator without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
1039090	TRUE	Avoid using java.beans.XMLDecoder (XXE)
1039092	TRUE	Avoid using JAXB Unmarshaller without a configurable secure parser (XXE)
1039094	TRUE	Avoid using XPathExpression without a configurable secure parser (XXE)
1039032	FALSE	Fixes false positive for the rule: "Avoid using DocumentBuilder without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)" when using setEntityResolver(). Bookmark was moved to the call to parse() method.
1039034	FALSE	Fixes false positive for the rule: "Avoid using DocumentBuilder without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)" when using setEntityResolver().
1039040	FALSE	Fixes false negative for the rule "Avoid using DocumentBuilder without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)" when calling method createXMLEventReader().

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
1039006	FALSE	Fix false positive when seeding with SecureRandom.generateSeed() for "Avoid using predictable SecureRandom Seeds".
1039024	FALSE	Update documentation for "Avoid using unsecured cookie (JEE)".
1039026	FALSE	Update documentation for "Avoid creating cookie without setting httpOnly option (JEE)".
1039032	FALSE	Check for flags other than XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING for "Avoid using DocumentBuilder without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)".
1039034	FALSE	Check for flags other than XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING for "Avoid using SAXParserFactory without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)".
1039036	FALSE	Raise violation when flag XMLConstants.FEATURE_SECURE_PROCESSING is used alone and check for other flags - for "Avoid using XMLReader without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)".
1039040	FALSE	Rule nenamed "Avoid using XMLInputFactory without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)". Raise violation when flag XMLInputFactory.IS_SUPPORTING_EXTERNAL_ENTITIES is used alone and check for other flags.
1039078	TRUE	Avoid using SchemaFactory without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
1039080	TRUE	Avoid using TransformerFactory without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
1039082	TRUE	Avoid using SAXTransformerFactory without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)
1039084	TRUE	Avoid using SAXBuilder without restriction of XML External Entity Reference (XXE)

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
1039010	FALSE	Improved the coverage of the rule: "Avoid using risky cryptographic hash (JEE)".
1039018	FALSE	Improved the coverage of the rule: "Avoid using cryptography hash with hard-coded salt".
1039022	FALSE	Added support for the class" javax.crypto.spec.PBEKeySpec" for the rule "Avoid using Insecure PBE Iteration Count".
1039068	FALSE	Change scope and improve coverage for the rule "Avoid using the Non-Serializable Object Stored in Session"

Rule Id	New Rule	Details
1039076	TRUE	Added the following new rule: "Avoid using HttpURLConnection with HTTP protocol".
1039004	FALSE	Improved the coverage of the rule: "Avoid using HttpServletRequest.getRequestedSessionId()".
1039006	FALSE	Improved the coverage of the rule: "Avoid using predictable SecureRandom Seeds".
1039022	FALSE	Improved the coverage of the rule: "Avoid using Insecure PBE Iteration Count".
1039052	FALSE	Improved the coverage of the rule: "Avoid Http Session without expiration".