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Knowledge Document: Fortify SCA 24.2 : Failed to detect “Poor Error Handling : Overly Broad Catch"

Caroline Oest
 
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This KM document addresses how to fix Failed to detect “Poor Error Handling : Overly Broad Catch” issue in SCA 24.2. From SCA 24.2, the default scan policy has changed from classic to security. The security scan policy excludes issues related to code quality from the analysis results.

Environment

SCA 24.2

Situation

The “Poor Error Handling : Overly Broad Catch” issue wasn’t detected in SCA 24.2.

sourceanalyzer -b Test -clean
sourceanalyzer -b Test Test1.java
sourceanalyzer -b Test -scan -f Test1.fpr

Cause

From SCA 24.2, the default scan policy has changed from classic to security. The security scan policy excludes issues related to code quality from the analysis results.


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