CWE-617 详情

CWE-617

Reachable Assertion
2007-05-07
00h00 +00:00
Draft
2026-10-28
00h00 +00:00
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名称: Reachable Assertion

The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary.

基本信息

引入方式

Implementation

适用平台

编程语言

类: Not Language-Specific (Undetermined)
名称: C (Sometimes)
名称: Java (Undetermined)
名称: Python (Undetermined)
名称: Rust (Undetermined)

技术

类: Not Technology-Specific (Undetermined)

常见后果

影响范围 影响 可能性
AvailabilityDoS: Crash, Exit, or Restart

注意: While assertion is good for catching logic errors and reducing the chances of reaching more serious vulnerability conditions, an attacker can still cause a denial of service if they can trigger an assert statement, and if the scope of the assert() extends beyond the attacker's own session. For example, if a server handles multiple simultaneous connections, if an assert() occurs in one single connection that causes all other connections to be dropped, this could be a significant denial of service.

观察示例

参考资料 描述

CVE-2024-8768

API server for LLM library can crash when provided an empty prompt, which triggers a reachable assertion

CVE-2023-49286

Chain: function in web caching proxy does not correctly check a return value (CWE-253) leading to a reachable assertion (CWE-617)

CVE-2006-6767

FTP server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon abort) via crafted commands which trigger an assertion failure.

CVE-2006-6811

Chat client allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a long message string when connecting to a server, which causes an assertion failure.

CVE-2006-5779

Product allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via LDAP BIND requests with long authcid names, which triggers an assertion failure.

CVE-2006-4095

Product allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via certain queries, which cause an assertion failure.

CVE-2006-4574

Chain: security monitoring product has an off-by-one error that leads to unexpected length values, triggering an assertion.

CVE-2004-0270

Anti-virus product has an assertion error when the line length is non-numeric.

潜在缓解措施

Phases : Implementation
If the assertion statement is required (e.g., for security or reliability), change the invoking code to avoid the conditions that trigger the assertion.
Phases : Implementation
Consider changing the assertion to some other less "fatal" error. This might not be easy to implement, since other code may be needed to handle the error.
Phases : Implementation
Make sensitive open/close operations non-reachable from directly user-controlled data (e.g. open/close resources)
Phases : Implementation
Perform input validation on user data.

检测方法

Automated Static Analysis

Automated static analysis, commonly referred to as Static Application Security Testing (SAST), can find some instances of this weakness by analyzing source code (or binary/compiled code) without having to execute it. Typically, this is done by building a model of data flow and control flow, then searching for potentially-vulnerable patterns that connect "sources" (origins of input) with "sinks" (destinations where the data interacts with external components, a lower layer such as the OS, etc.)
有效性 : High

漏洞映射说明

依据 : This CWE entry is at the Base level of abstraction, which is a preferred level of abstraction for mapping to the root causes of vulnerabilities.
备注 : Carefully read both the name and description to ensure that this mapping is an appropriate fit. Do not try to 'force' a mapping to a lower-level Base/Variant simply to comply with this preferred level of abstraction.

参考资料

REF-1541

Secure Coding Guide for Python
OpenSSF.
https://best.openssf.org/Secure-Coding-Guide-for-Python/

提交记录

名称 组织 日期 发布日期 Version
CWE Content Team MITRE 2007-05-07 +00:00 2007-05-07 +00:00 Draft 6

修改记录

名称 组织 日期 备注
Sean Eidemiller Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 added/updated demonstrative examples
Eric Dalci Cigital 2008-07-01 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations, Time_of_Introduction
CWE Content Team MITRE 2008-09-08 +00:00 updated Description, Relationships, Observed_Example, Other_Notes, Weakness_Ordinalities
CWE Content Team MITRE 2011-06-01 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-05-11 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Observed_Examples, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2012-10-30 +00:00 updated Potential_Mitigations
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-06-23 +00:00 updated Common_Consequences, Description, Other_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2014-07-30 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-01-19 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2017-11-08 +00:00 updated Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-01-03 +00:00 updated Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-06-20 +00:00 updated Relationships, Type
CWE Content Team MITRE 2019-09-19 +00:00 updated Alternate_Terms
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-04-27 +00:00 updated Detection_Factors, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-06-29 +00:00 updated Mapping_Notes
CWE Content Team MITRE 2023-10-26 +00:00 updated Demonstrative_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2024-02-29 +00:00 updated Observed_Examples
CWE Content Team MITRE 2025-12-11 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Observed_Examples, Relationships
CWE Content Team MITRE 2026-10-28 +00:00 updated Applicable_Platforms, Common_Consequences, Description, Observed_Examples, Potential_Mitigations, References, Relationships, Taxonomy_Mappings