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CWE-577: EJB Bad Practices: Use of Sockets

 
EJB Bad Practices: Use of Sockets
Weakness ID: 577 (Weakness Variant)Status: Draft
+ Description

Description Summary

The program violates the Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) specification by using sockets.

Extended Description

The Enterprise JavaBeans specification requires that every bean provider follow a set of programming guidelines designed to ensure that the bean will be portable and behave consistently in any EJB container. In this case, the program violates the following EJB guideline: "An enterprise bean must not attempt to listen on a socket, accept connections on a socket, or use a socket for multicast." The specification justifies this requirement in the following way: "The EJB architecture allows an enterprise bean instance to be a network socket client, but it does not allow it to be a network server. Allowing the instance to become a network server would conflict with the basic function of the enterprise bean-- to serve the EJB clients."

+ Time of Introduction
  • Architecture and Design
  • Implementation
+ Applicable Platforms

Languages

Java

+ Potential Mitigations
PhaseDescription

Do not use Sockets when writing EJBs.

+ Relationships
NatureTypeIDNameView(s) this relationship pertains toView(s)
ChildOfWeakness ClassWeakness Class573Failure to Follow Specification
Development Concepts (primary)699
Research Concepts (primary)1000
+ Content History
Modifications
Modification DateModifierOrganizationSource
2008-07-01Eric DalciCigitalExternal
updated Potential Mitigations, Time of Introduction
2008-09-08CWE Content TeamMITREInternal
updated Relationships, Other Notes
2009-10-29CWE Content TeamMITREInternal
updated Description, Other Notes
Page Last Updated: October 29, 2009