gosec/issue.go

// (c) Copyright 2016 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP
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package gosec

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"go/ast"
	"os"
	"strconv"
)

// Score type used by severity and confidence values
type Score int

const (
	// Low severity or confidence
	Low Score = iota
	// Medium severity or confidence
	Medium
	// High severity or confidence
	High
)

// Issue is returnd by a gosec rule if it discovers an issue with the scanned code.
type Issue struct {
	Severity   Score  `json:"severity"`   // issue severity (how problematic it is)
	Confidence Score  `json:"confidence"` // issue confidence (how sure we are we found it)
	RuleID     string `json:"rule_id"`    // Human readable explanation
	What       string `json:"details"`    // Human readable explanation
	File       string `json:"file"`       // File name we found it in
	Code       string `json:"code"`       // Impacted code line
	Line       string `json:"line"`       // Line number in file
}

// MetaData is embedded in all gosec rules. The Severity, Confidence and What message
// will be passed tbhrough to reported issues.
type MetaData struct {
	ID         string
	Severity   Score
	Confidence Score
	What       string
}

// MarshalJSON is used convert a Score object into a JSON representation
func (c Score) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
	return json.Marshal(c.String())
}

// String converts a Score into a string
func (c Score) String() string {
	switch c {
	case High:
		return "HIGH"
	case Medium:
		return "MEDIUM"
	case Low:
		return "LOW"
	}
	return "UNDEFINED"
}

func codeSnippet(file *os.File, start int64, end int64, n ast.Node) (string, error) {
	if n == nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Invalid AST node provided")
	}

	size := (int)(end - start) // Go bug, os.File.Read should return int64 ...
	file.Seek(start, 0)        // #nosec

	buf := make([]byte, size)
	if nread, err := file.Read(buf); err != nil || nread != size {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("Unable to read code")
	}
	return string(buf), nil
}

// NewIssue creates a new Issue
func NewIssue(ctx *Context, node ast.Node, ruleID, desc string, severity Score, confidence Score) *Issue {
	var code string
	fobj := ctx.FileSet.File(node.Pos())
	name := fobj.Name()

	start, end := fobj.Line(node.Pos()), fobj.Line(node.End())
	line := strconv.Itoa(start)
	if start != end {
		line = fmt.Sprintf("%d-%d", start, end)
	}

	// #nosec
	if file, err := os.Open(fobj.Name()); err == nil {
		defer file.Close()
		s := (int64)(fobj.Position(node.Pos()).Offset) // Go bug, should be int64
		e := (int64)(fobj.Position(node.End()).Offset) // Go bug, should be int64
		code, err = codeSnippet(file, s, e, node)
		if err != nil {
			code = err.Error()
		}
	}

	return &Issue{
		File:       name,
		Line:       line,
		RuleID:     ruleID,
		What:       desc,
		Confidence: confidence,
		Severity:   severity,
		Code:       code,
	}
}