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/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/common.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/dublin_traceroute.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/exceptions.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/hop.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/hops.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/icmp_messages.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/traceroute_results.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/include/dublintraceroute/udpv4probe.h Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/common.cc Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/dublin_traceroute.cc Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/hop.cc Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/main.cc Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/traceroute_results.cc Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/udpv4probe.cc Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/tests/src/hop.cxx Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/tests/src/hops.cxx Examining data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/tests/src/udpv4.cxx FINAL RESULTS: data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/main.cc:96:17: [3] (buffer) getopt_long: Some older implementations do not protect against internal buffer overflows (CWE-120, CWE-20). Check implementation on installation, or limit the size of all string inputs. while ((iarg = getopt_long(argc, argv, shortopts, longopts, &index)) != -1) { data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/dublin_traceroute.cc:147:4: [2] (buffer) char: Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the maximum possible length. char buf[512]; data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/hop.cc:58:2: [2] (buffer) char: Statically-sized arrays can be improperly restricted, leading to potential overflows or other issues (CWE-119!/CWE-120). Perform bounds checking, use functions that limit length, or ensure that the size is larger than the maximum possible length. char host[NI_MAXHOST], service[NI_MAXSERV]; data/dublin-traceroute-0.4.2/src/main.cc:213:11: [2] (misc) open: Check when opening files - can an attacker redirect it (via symlinks), force the opening of special file type (e.g., device files), move things around to create a race condition, control its ancestors, or change its contents? (CWE-362). jsonfile.open("trace.json"); ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Hits = 4 Lines analyzed = 1934 in approximately 0.11 seconds (16943 lines/second) Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 1262 Hits@level = [0] 1 [1] 0 [2] 3 [3] 1 [4] 0 [5] 0 Hits@level+ = [0+] 5 [1+] 4 [2+] 4 [3+] 1 [4+] 0 [5+] 0 Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 3.96197 [1+] 3.16957 [2+] 3.16957 [3+] 0.792393 [4+] 0 [5+] 0 Dot directories skipped = 2 (--followdotdir overrides) Minimum risk level = 1 Not every hit is necessarily a security vulnerability. There may be other security vulnerabilities; review your code! See 'Secure Programming HOWTO' (https://dwheeler.com/secure-programs) for more information.