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/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/file-monitor.c Examining data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/file-monitor.h Examining data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/dispatcher.c Examining data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/dispatcher.h Examining data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/main.c FINAL RESULTS: data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/main.c:39:17: [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). dev_null_fd = open ("/dev/null", O_RDWR); data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/main.c:50:21: [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). if ((pidfile_fd = open (LOCALSTATEDIR "/run/system-tools-backends.pid", data/system-tools-backends-2.10.2/dispatcher/main.c:55:31: [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). write (pidfile_fd, str, strlen (str)); ANALYSIS SUMMARY: Hits = 3 Lines analyzed = 1178 in approximately 0.05 seconds (26178 lines/second) Physical Source Lines of Code (SLOC) = 824 Hits@level = [0] 0 [1] 1 [2] 2 [3] 0 [4] 0 [5] 0 Hits@level+ = [0+] 3 [1+] 3 [2+] 2 [3+] 0 [4+] 0 [5+] 0 Hits/KSLOC@level+ = [0+] 3.64078 [1+] 3.64078 [2+] 2.42718 [3+] 0 [4+] 0 [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.