[jira] [Updated] (FINERACT-437) Fix security vulnerabilities of using generic exceptions and catching throwable and errors

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Thisura updated FINERACT-437:
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    Labels: gsoc2017  (was: )

> Fix security vulnerabilities of using generic exceptions and catching throwable and errors
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>                 Key: FINERACT-437
>                 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-437
>             Project: Apache Fineract
>          Issue Type: Bug
>          Components: Accounting, Organization
>            Reporter: Thisura
>            Assignee: Markus Geiss
>            Priority: Minor
>              Labels: gsoc2017
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> There are two types of vulnerabilities related to exceptions reported by sonar
> 1. Generic exceptions should never be thrown
> [MITRE, CWE-397|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/397.html] - Declaration of Throws for Generic Exception
> 2. Throwable and Error should not be caught
> [MITRE, CWE-396|http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/396.html] - Declaration of Catch for Generic Exception
> [CERT, ERR07-J|https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/x/BoB3AQ] - Do not throw RuntimeException, Exception, or Throwable
> The rationale behind these vulnerabilities are explained in above links. The proposed solutions are as follows.
> 1. Generic exceptions should never be thrown =>  Define and throw a dedicated exception instead of using a generic one.
> 2. Throwable and Error should not be caught => Catch Exception instead of Throwable. 



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