Re: CVE id request: mktemp

[Nico Golde <oss-security+ml () ngolde de>]

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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