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diff --git a/docs/limitations.rst b/docs/limitations.rst index 3b6cce2a..3028e7c8 100644 --- a/docs/limitations.rst +++ b/docs/limitations.rst @@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ has some kind of local user access or because of how other software uses uninitialized memory. Python exposes no API for us to implement this reliably and as such most -software in Python is vulnerable to this attack. However we do not currently -believe this to be particularly high risk issue for most users. +software in Python is vulnerable to this attack. However the +`CERT secure coding guidelines`_ categorise this issue as "low severity, +unlikely, expensive to repair" and we do not consider this a high risk for most +users. .. _`Memory wiping`: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2013/05/29/10421912.aspx +.. _`CERT secure coding guidelines`: https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/MEM03-C.+Clear+sensitive+information+stored+in+reusable+resources |