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/netkit-rwall-0.17/version.h Examining data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rpc.rwalld/daemon.c Examining data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rpc.rwalld/daemon.h Examining data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rpc.rwalld/rwalld.c Examining data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rwall/rwall.c FINAL RESULTS: data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rpc.rwalld/rwalld.c:184:9: [4] (shell) popen: 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. pfp = popen(WALL_CMD, "w"); data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rwall/rwall.c:129:8: [4] (buffer) strcpy: Does not check for buffer overflows when copying to destination [MS-banned] (CWE-120). Consider using snprintf, strcpy_s, or strlcpy (warning: strncpy easily misused). (void)strcpy(tmpname, _PATH_TMP); data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rwall/rwall.c:137:15: [4] (misc) getlogin: It's often easy to fool getlogin. Sometimes it does not work at all, because some program messed up the utmp file. Often, it gives only the first 8 characters of the login name. The user currently logged in on the controlling tty of our program need not be the user who started it. Avoid getlogin() for security-related purposes (CWE-807). Use getpwuid(geteuid()) and extract the desired information instead. if (!(whom = getlogin())) data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rpc.rwalld/daemon.c:63:7: [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). fd = open(_PATH_DEVNULL, O_RDWR, 0); data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rwall/rwall.c:127:2: [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 hostname[MAXHOSTNAMELEN], lbuf[100], tmpname[32]; data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rwall/rwall.c:130:8: [2] (buffer) strcat: Does not check for buffer overflows when concatenating to destination [MS-banned] (CWE-120). Consider using strcat_s, strncat, strlcat, or snprintf (warning: strncat is easily misused). Risk is low because the source is a constant string. (void)strcat(tmpname, "/wall.XXXXXX"); data/netkit-rwall-0.17/rwall/rwall.c:131:13: [2] (tmpfile) mkstemp: Potential for temporary file vulnerability in some circumstances. Some older Unix-like systems create temp files with permission to write by all by default, so be sure to set the umask to override this. Also, some older Unix systems might fail to use O_EXCL when opening the file, so make sure that O_EXCL is used by the library (CWE-377). if (!(fd = mkstemp(tmpname)) || !(fp = fdopen(fd, "r+"))) { ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Hits = 7 Lines analyzed = 493 in approximately 0.07 seconds (7420 lines/second) Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 295 Hits@level = [0] 16 [1] 0 [2] 4 [3] 0 [4] 3 [5] 0 Hits@level+ = [0+] 23 [1+] 7 [2+] 7 [3+] 3 [4+] 3 [5+] 0 Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 77.9661 [1+] 23.7288 [2+] 23.7288 [3+] 10.1695 [4+] 10.1695 [5+] 0 Dot directories skipped = 1 (--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.