Open Source Security

  1. Identifying Vulnerabilities in Open Source Software
    1. Common Vulnerability Categories
      1. Injection Vulnerabilities
        1. SQL Injection
          1. Command Injection
            1. LDAP Injection
              1. XPath Injection
              2. Authentication and Authorization Flaws
                1. Broken Authentication Mechanisms
                  1. Credential Management Issues
                    1. Session Management Vulnerabilities
                      1. Privilege Escalation
                      2. Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
                        1. Reflected XSS
                          1. Stored XSS
                            1. DOM-based XSS
                            2. Deserialization Vulnerabilities
                              1. Insecure Deserialization
                                1. Object Injection
                                  1. Remote Code Execution via Deserialization
                                  2. Memory Safety Issues
                                    1. Buffer Overflows
                                      1. Use-After-Free
                                        1. Double-Free
                                          1. Integer Overflows
                                            1. Format String Vulnerabilities
                                            2. Configuration and Deployment Issues
                                              1. Insecure Default Configurations
                                                1. Missing Security Headers
                                                  1. Exposed Debug Information
                                                    1. Hardcoded Credentials
                                                    2. Cryptographic Vulnerabilities
                                                      1. Weak Cryptographic Algorithms
                                                        1. Poor Key Management
                                                          1. Implementation Flaws
                                                        2. Vulnerability Classification and Scoring
                                                          1. Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
                                                            1. CVE Assignment Process
                                                              1. CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)
                                                                1. CVE Record Structure
                                                                2. Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
                                                                  1. Weakness Categories
                                                                    1. CWE Top 25
                                                                      1. Mapping CVEs to CWEs
                                                                      2. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS)
                                                                        1. CVSS v3.1 Metrics
                                                                          1. Base Score Calculation
                                                                            1. Temporal and Environmental Scores
                                                                          2. Vulnerability Databases and Information Sources
                                                                            1. National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
                                                                              1. Data Feeds and APIs
                                                                                1. Search and Analysis Tools
                                                                                2. GitHub Advisory Database
                                                                                  1. Community-Contributed Advisories
                                                                                    1. Integration with Dependency Graphs
                                                                                    2. OSV (Open Source Vulnerability) Database
                                                                                      1. Ecosystem-Specific Data
                                                                                        1. API and Tooling Integration
                                                                                        2. Vendor-Specific Databases
                                                                                          1. Security Research Publications

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