Group :: System/Kernel and hardware
RPM: select-kernel
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| package id | status | test | message |
|---|---|---|---|
| select-kernel-0.99.2-alt1.noarch |
 fail | unsafe-tmp-usage-in-scripts | The test discovered scripts with errors which may be used by a user for damaging important system files. For example if a script uses in its work a temp file which is created in /tmp directory, then every user can create symlinks with the same name (pattern) in this directory in order to destroy or rewrite some system or another user's files. Scripts _must_ _use_ mktemp/tempfile or must use $TMPDIR. mktemp/tempfile is safest. $TMPDIR is safer than /tmp/ because libpam-tmpdir creates a subdirectory of /tmp that is only accessible by that user, and then sets TMPDIR and other variables to that. Hence, it doesn't matter nearly as much if you create a non-random filename, because nobody but you can access it. Found error in /usr/sbin/select-kernel: $ grep /tmp/ /usr/sbin/select-kernel message() { printf %s\n "$PROG: $*" >&2 } debug() { echo "$@" >> /tmp/$PROG.dbg } show_help() { cat << EOF yes= numeric= RELEASE=. FLAVOUR=. CACHE=/tmp/$PROG.$$ trap "rm -f $CACHE" EXIT SIGHUP SIGINT SIGQUIT ... [the rest of the message is skipped] |
| select-kernel-0.99.2-alt1.noarch |
 ok | checkbashisms | |
| select-kernel-0.99.2-alt1.noarch |
ok | sisyphus_check | |
| select-kernel-0.99.2-alt1.noarch |
ok | buildroot |