SAST : Validation.Required.URL

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SAST : Validation.Required.URL

roryodonnell opened this issue 3 years ago · comments

Trying to resolve an AppScan HIGH issue. I'm aware that this would have to be fixed in the upstream AWS repo. But perhaps, someone more familiar with the library could recommend a solution, something like setting a default local proxy or something.

org.apache.http.client.HttpClient.execute(HttpUriRequest;HttpContext):HttpResponse com.ibm.cloud.objectstorage.http.AmazonHttpClient:1297

com.ibm.cloud.objectstorage.ClientConfiguration.getProxyDomain():String via com.ibm.cloud.objectstorage.http.settings.HttpClientSettings:164
org.apache.http.client.HttpClient.execute(HttpUriRequest;HttpContext):HttpResponse via com.ibm.cloud.objectstorage.http.AmazonHttpClient:1297

IBMeric · Answer 1 · Sat Jan 29 2022 01:21:04 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

What is the scanner's proposed solution? My guess is this is flagged because no verification is done on this string before it is given to the HTTP library. According to the code, this value is only used in certain configurations where an NTLM proxy is being used.

roryodonnell · Answer 2 · Mon Jan 31 2022 19:24:08 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks for t he reply Eric. See below, the "How to fix" details

IBMeric · Answer 3 · Tue Feb 01 2022 02:38:25 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Thanks. The SDK is more like the "legitimate user" described above in that it uses this URL to do its work and inherently must trust the value passed to it. It has no other way to know or validate the network topology. If the application developer receives proxy URLs from an untrusted source, the application would need to follow the above guidance before putting that data in the SDK's proxy configuration.

roryodonnell · Answer 4 · Tue Feb 01 2022 17:42:06 GMT+0800 (China Standard Time)

Agreed, yes Eric - thank you