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CWE-439

Behavioral Change in New Version or Environment

Base
Draft

Description

A's behavior or functionality changes with a new version of A, or a new environment, which is not known (or manageable) by B.

Common Consequences

Scope

Other

Impact

Quality Degradation, Varies by Context

CVE-2002-1976

Linux kernel 2.2 and above allow promiscuous mode using a different method than previous versions, and ifconfig is not aware of the new method (alternate path property).

CVE-2005-1711

Product uses defunct method from another product that does not return an error code and allows detection avoidance.

CVE-2003-0411

chain: Code was ported from a case-sensitive Unix platform to a case-insensitive Windows platform where filetype handlers treat .jsp and .JSP as different extensions. JSP source code may be read because .JSP defaults to the filetype "text".

Applicable Platforms

Not Language-Specific

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