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⇱ CWE - CWE-1179: CWE CATEGORY: SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard - Guidelines 01. Input Validation and Data Sanitization (IDS) (4.20)

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CWE CATEGORY: SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard - Guidelines 01. Input Validation and Data Sanitization (IDS)

Category ID: 1179
Vulnerability Mapping: PROHIBITED This CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities
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Summary
Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the Input Validation and Data Sanitization (IDS) section of the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard.
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Membership
Nature Type ID Name
MemberOf 👁 View
View - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries).		 1178 Weaknesses Addressed by the SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard
HasMember 👁 Base
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.		 22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
HasMember 👁 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.		 77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
HasMember 👁 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.		 95 Improper Neutralization of Directives in Dynamically Evaluated Code ('Eval Injection')
HasMember 👁 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.		 116 Improper Encoding or Escaping of Output
HasMember 👁 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.		 129 Improper Validation of Array Index
HasMember 👁 Base
Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.		 134 Use of Externally-Controlled Format String
HasMember 👁 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.		 789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
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Vulnerability Mapping Notes

Usage: PROHIBITED

(this CWE ID must not be used to map to real-world vulnerabilities)

Reason: Category

Rationale:

This entry is a Category. Using categories for mapping has been discouraged since 2019. Categories are informal organizational groupings of weaknesses that can help CWE users with data aggregation, navigation, and browsing. However, they are not weaknesses in themselves.

Comments:

See member weaknesses of this category.
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References
[REF-1012] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard : Rule 01. Input Validation and Data Sanitization (IDS)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=88890533>.
[REF-1020] The Software Engineering Institute. "SEI CERT Perl Coding Standard : Rec. 01. Input Validation and Data Sanitization (IDS)". <https://wiki.sei.cmu.edu/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=88890568>.
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Content History
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Submissions
Submission Date Submitter Organization
2019-01-08
(CWE 3.3, 2019-06-20) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
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Modifications
Modification Date Modifier Organization
2023-06-29
(CWE 4.12, 2023-06-29) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2023-04-27
(CWE 4.11, 2023-04-27) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Mapping_Notes
2021-03-15
(CWE 4.4, 2021-03-15) 		CWE Content Team MITRE
updated Relationships
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