Gendarme.Rules.Security.Cas.DoNotExposeMethodsProtectedByLinkDemandRule(2.10)

DoNotExposeMethodsProtectedByLinkDemandRule

Assembly: Gendarme.Rules.Security.Cas
Version: 2.10

Description

This rule checks for visible methods that are less protected (i.e. lower security requirements) than the method they call. If the called methods are protected by a LinkDemand then the caller can be used to bypass security checks.

Examples

Bad example:

public class BaseClass {
    [SecurityPermission (SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
    public virtual void VirtualMethod ()
    {
    }
}
public class Class : BaseClass  {
    // bad since a caller with only ControlAppDomain will be able to call the base method
    [SecurityPermission (SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ControlAppDomain = true)]
    public override void VirtualMethod ()
    {
        base.VirtualMethod ();
    }
}

Good example (InheritanceDemand):

public class BaseClass {
    [SecurityPermission (SecurityAction.LinkDemand, ControlAppDomain = true)]
    public virtual void VirtualMethod ()
    {
    }
}
public class Class : BaseClass  {
    // ok since this permission cover the base class permission
    [SecurityPermission (SecurityAction.LinkDemand, Unrestricted = true)]
    public override void VirtualMethod ()
    {
        base.VirtualMethod ();
    }
}

Notes

• Before Gendarme 2.2 this rule was part of Gendarme.Rules.Security and named MethodCallWithSubsetLinkDemandRule.