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Bugle uses Google to Find Open Source Security Bugs

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Steve Bryant
Steve Bryant
Jul 25, 2006
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Google can help coders find security bugs in open source code on the Internet, according to a new research project.

The project, called Bugle, identifies common vulnerabilities in open source code using a collection of Google queries. The author of the project, Emmanouel Kellinis, has so far released a search string flaw that can help identify buffer overflows, integer overflows, format string, command injection, SQL injection and cross-site scripting flaws.

Bugle can help identify bad code practices and suspicious comments, and trigger Google Alerts.

The release comes less than a week after H.D. Moore’s malware search project, which offers a Web interface to find live malware samples via Google queries.

Bugle’s release also comes at a time when Google is preparing to announce a new service for the open source community.

Bugle author Kellinis is a security penetration tester for KPMG in London, but the project is a private venture.

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