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Comment: REM Cost Reform

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TOCTOU race condition vulnerabilities can be exploited to gain elevated privileges.

Rule

Severity

Likelihood

Detectable

RepairableRemediation Cost

Priority

Level

POS35-C

High

Likelyhigh

likelyNo

mediumNo

P18 P9

L1 L2

Tool

Version

Checker

Description

Astrée
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Astrée_V
Astrée_V
user_definedSoundly supported
Axivion Bauhaus Suite

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Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V
Axivion Bauhaus Suite_V

CertC-POS35
Compass/ROSE



Can detect some violations of this rule. In particular, it ensures that calls to open() that are preceded by a call to lstat() are also followed by a call to fstat().

Coverity
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Coverity_V
Coverity_V

TOCTOU

Implemented
Helix QAC

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Helix QAC_V
Helix QAC_V

DF4886, DF4887, DF4888


Klocwork
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Klocwork_V
Klocwork_V

SV.TOCTOU.FILE_ACCESS
CERT.STR.ASSIGN.CONST_TO_NONCONST


Parasoft C/C++test
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Parasoft_V
Parasoft_V

CERT_C-POS35-b

Avoid race conditions while checking for the existence of a symbolic link

Polyspace Bug Finder

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Polyspace Bug Finder_V
Polyspace Bug Finder_V

CERT C: Rule POS35-C

Checks for file access between time of check and use (TOCTOU) (rule fully covered)

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