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CWE-1295 – Debug Messages Revealing Unnecessary Information

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Description

The product fails to adequately prevent the revealing of unnecessary and potentially sensitive system information within debugging messages.

Modes of Introduction:

– Implementation

 

 

Related Weaknesses

CWE-200
CWE-209

 

Consequences

Confidentiality, Integrity, Availability, Access Control, Accountability, Authentication, Authorization, Non-Repudiation: Read Memory, Bypass Protection Mechanism, Gain Privileges or Assume Identity, Varies by Context

 

Potential Mitigations

Phase: Implementation

Description: 

Ensure that a debug message does not reveal any unnecessary information during the debug process for the intended response.

CVE References