[GRASS-dev] GSoC 2019 Idea: Continuous Fuzzing for GRASS GIS to uncover software bugs

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

here an idea for https://trac.osgeo.org/grass/wiki/GSoC/2019

Since I am not the right person to follow a student on this, I put it here:

=== Continuous Fuzzing for GRASS GIS to uncover software bugs ===

 * TL;DR: Fuzz testing is a well-known technique for uncovering
various kinds of programming errors in software. Many of these
detectable errors (e.g. buffer overflow) can have serious security
implications. The student will make GRASS GIS ready for OSS-Fuzz.
  * https://github.com/google/oss-fuzz OSS-Fuzz - Continuous Fuzzing
for Open Source Software
 * Requirements:
  * Student needs to show understanding of the GRASS GIS software
structure and significantly extend on text above in the proposal.
  * Language: Python, C
 * Mentors: ...
 * Co-mentors: ...
 * Proposed by: ...

Here the full template to be used:
https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2019-February/038233.html

Maybe someone here would like to take over to write up the idea properly?

Markus