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Risk Assessment Summary
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Detectable | Repairable | Priority | Level |
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| ENV30-C | Low | Probable | No | No | P2 | L3 |
| ENV31-C | Low | Probable | Yes | No | P4 | L3 |
| ENV32-C | Medium | Likely | Yes | No | P12 | L1 |
| ENV33-C | High | Probable | Yes | No | P12 | L1 |
| ENV34-C | Low | Probable | Yes | No | P4 | L3 |
Recommendations
ENV00-A. Do not store the pointer to the string returned by getenv()
ENV01-A. Do not make assumptions about the size of an environment variable
ENV02-A. Beware of multiple environment variables with the same effective name
ENV03-A. Sanitize the environment when invoking external programs
ENV04-A. Do not call system() if you do not need a command processor
Rules
ENV30-C. Do not modify the string returned by getenv()
ENV31-C. Do not rely on an environment pointer following an operation that may invalidate it
ENV32-C. No atexit handler should terminate in any way other than by returning
ENV33-C. Do not call the longjmp function to terminate a call to a function registered by atexit()
Risk Assessment Summary
Recommendation | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
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ENV00-A | low | probable | medium | P4 | L3 |
ENV01-A | high | likely | medium | P18 | L1 |
ENV02-A | low | unlikely | medium | P2 | L3 |
ENV03-A | high | likely | high | P9 | L2 |
ENV04-A | high | probable | medium | P12 | L1 |
Rule | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
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ENV30-C | low | probable | medium | P4 | L3 |
ENV31-C | low | probable | medium | P4 | L3 |
ENV32-C | medium | likely | medium | P12 | L1 |
ENV33-C | medium | likely | medium | P12 | L1 |
Related Rules and Recommendations
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09. Input Output (FIO) ENV00-A. Do not store the pointer to the string returned by getenv()