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New version of Kiuwan, CQM, and Kiuwan Engine 

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Main features of this release are:

  1. Kiuwan CQM (v1.2.18) and Engine
    • Support for SAP HANA - SQLScript (17 new rules for SQLScript)
    • Enhanced support for security in Python (24 new security rules)
    • Recategorization of TypeScript and Angular rules
    • Improved documentation of Java SQL-Injection and XSS rules
    • Bug fixing, performance and reliability improvements in rules for Cobol, Abap, RPG, Java, JavaScript, ObjetiveC, JPS, C#, C++ and VB.NET

  2. Kiuwan website
    • New passwords policy
    • Blocking state of Kiuwan Engine

  3. Kiuwan Insights
    • Enhanced readability of Software Licenses Terms
    • Improved analysis performance and components/vulnerabilities detection

 

Kiuwan CQM and Engine

New SAP HANA SQLScript Rules

As SAP is introducing many new programming technologies, more and more SAP users are confronted with new languages besides ABAP.

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  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.AvoidTraceInProduction 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.AvoidUsingCursors 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.DeeplyNestedSubqueries 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.ModificationStatementInLoop 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.NonTrivialSubquery 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.ReadsSqlDataNotSpecified 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.SelectInScalarFunction 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.UnusedVariable 
  • OPT.HANA.EFFICIENCY.UseOfCalculationEngineOperator 
  • OPT.HANA.MAINTAINABILITY.LanguageNotSpecified 
  • OPT.HANA.MAINTAINABILITY.UnusedCondition 
  • OPT.HANA.RELIABILITY.ImproperParameterUsage 
  • OPT.HANA.RELIABILITY.NonCustomErrorCode 
  • OPT.HANA.RELIABILITY.UseOfUninitializedVar 
  • OPT.HANA.SEC.ExcessivePrivilegesGranted 
  • OPT.HANA.SEC.ForbiddenCall 
  • OPT.HANA.SEC.SqlInjection

 

New Python security rules

  • OPT.PYHTON.SECURITY.AvoidHostNameChecks 
  • OPT.PYHTON.SECURITY.TooMuchOriginsAllowed 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.InsufficientSessionExpiration 
  • OPT.PYTHON.DJANGO.InsufficientDjangoSettingsSessionExpiration 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.CookiesInSecurityDecision 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.ExecutionAfterRedirect 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.FormatStringInjection 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.HardcodedCryptoKey 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.HardcodedSalt 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.HttpParameterPollution 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.InformationExposureThroughErrorMessage 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.InsufficientKeySize 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.JSONInjection 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.LdapInjection 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.NonRandomIVWithCBCMode 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.PasswordInConfigurationFile 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.PasswordInRedirect 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.PlaintextStorageInACookie 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.PotentialInfiniteLoop 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.TrustBoundary 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.UncheckedInputInLoopCondition 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.UnhandledSSLError 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.UnsafeReflection 
  • OPT.PYTHON.SECURITY.UserControlledSQLPrimaryKey

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  • If you are using CQM, these new rules will automatically become active and will be applied to new analyses.
  • If you are using your own custom model, you can activate them in case you want to be applied to your code.

 

Recategorization of TypeScript and Angular rules

After adding support to TypeScript, it was not clear for many users that TypeScript support was embedded within JavaScript.

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  • Angular versions previous to 2.x : filter : Framework -> AngularJS
  • Angular versions equal or above 2.x  : filter : Framework -> Angular

 

Kiuwan Website

New Passwords Policy

Kiuwan has implemented a more strict password policy that applies to password strength. 

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You can set your acccount's password policy at Account Management >> Password Policies tab (only available to account owner)

 

 

Blocking state of Kiuwan Engine

As you probably know, Kiuwan allows to "block" the engine, i.e. to freeze the version of Kiuwan engine so it's not automatically updated as a new one is available.

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You can find it at Account Management >> Engine tab ( blocking/unblocking only available to account owner)

 

Kiuwan Insights

Enhanced readability of Software Licenses Terms

Kiuwan Insights has improved the information about software Licenses.

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