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List:       oss-security
Subject:    Re: [oss-security] CVE id request: mktemp
From:       Nico Golde <oss-security+ml () ngolde ! de>
Date:       2008-08-18 20:26:18
Message-ID: 20080818202618.GH27231 () ngolde ! de
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Hi Steven,
* Steven M. Christey <coley@linus.mitre.org> [2008-08-18 22:09]:
> On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Nico Golde wrote:
> 
> > This is known but as I wrote in the bug report:
> > "the file is safely created with O_EXCL and 0600, still
> > unsafe if used with -u"
> 
> Given that -u is "unsafe mode" with a disclaimer against race conditions
> (at least based on the manpage I looked at), I'm of the mindset that you'd
> flag an application for using mktemp -u, but not mktemp itself.

Ok fine, makes sense to me.
Cheers
Nico
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