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Performing operations on files in shared directories can result in DoS attacks. If the program has elevated privileges, privilege escalation exploits are possible.
Recommendation | Severity | Likelihood | Remediation Cost | Priority | Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
FIO01-PL | Medium | Unlikely | Medium | P4 | L3 |
Automated Detection
Tool | Version | Checker | Description | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PERL_S33 | Fully implemented |
Related Guidelines
Bibliography
| [CPAN] | POSIX |
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| [Garfinkel 1996] | Section 5.6, "Device files" |
| [Howard 2002] | Chapter 11, "Canonical Representation Issues" |
| [Open Group 08] |
| [VU#570952] | Redhat Linux diskcheck.pl creates predictable temporary file and fails to check for existing symbolic link of same name |
| [Wall 2011] | perlfunc |
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