Flawfinder version 2.0.10, (C) 2001-2019 David A. Wheeler.
Number of rules (primarily dangerous function names) in C/C++ ruleset: 223
Examining data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.c
Examining data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-import.c
Examining data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-export.c
Examining data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-validate.c
Examining data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.h
Examining data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-path.c

FINAL RESULTS:

data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-export.c:495:53:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
      { "system", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, (void *)&system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-export.c:533:9:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    if (system)
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-export.c:555:49:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    dir = osinfo_db_get_path(root, user, local, system, custom);
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-import.c:218:53:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
      { "system", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, (void *)&system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-import.c:252:9:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    if (system)
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-import.c:264:49:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    dir = osinfo_db_get_path(root, user, local, system, custom);
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-path.c:52:53:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
      { "system", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, (void *)&system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-path.c:86:9:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    if (system)
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-path.c:97:49:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    dir = osinfo_db_get_path(root, user, local, system, custom);
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.c:99:36:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
                          gboolean system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.c:108:16:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    } else if (system) {
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.c:122:36:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
                          gboolean system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.c:133:26:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    if (user || local || system || custom)
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.c:145:19:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    if (tryAll || system)
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.h:40:36:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
                          gboolean system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-util.h:45:36:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
                          gboolean system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-validate.c:259:53:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
      { "system", 0, 0, G_OPTION_ARG_NONE, (void *)&system,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-validate.c:286:9:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    if (system)
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-validate.c:300:33:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
                                system || local || user || custom,
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-validate.c:308:49:  [4] (shell) system:
  This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely
  (CWE-78). try using a library call that implements the same functionality
  if available.
    dir = osinfo_db_get_path(root, user, local, system, custom);
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-export.c:319:35:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    archive_entry_set_size(entry, strlen(version));
data/osinfo-db-tools-1.1.0/tools/osinfo-db-export.c:327:42:  [1] (buffer) strlen:
  Does not handle strings that are not \0-terminated; if given one it may
  perform an over-read (it could cause a crash if unprotected) (CWE-126).
    if (archive_write_data(arc, version, strlen(version)) < 0) {

ANALYSIS SUMMARY:

Hits = 22
Lines analyzed = 2014 in approximately 0.07 seconds (27127 lines/second)
Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 1161
Hits@level = [0]   0 [1]   2 [2]   0 [3]   0 [4]  20 [5]   0
Hits@level+ = [0+]  22 [1+]  22 [2+]  20 [3+]  20 [4+]  20 [5+]   0
Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 18.9492 [1+] 18.9492 [2+] 17.2265 [3+] 17.2265 [4+] 17.2265 [5+]   0
Dot directories skipped = 1 (--followdotdir overrides)
Minimum risk level = 1
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