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New rule on tempfile.mktemp #132

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@ericwb ericwb commented Aug 25, 2023

The mktemp function is vulnerable to a race condition where there is a window where the file could be created in between when the filename was created and the file is opened.

The solution is to use NamedTemporaryFile as an atomic operation.

The mktemp function is vulnerable to a race condition where there
is a window where the file could be created in between when the
filename was created and the file is opened.

The solution is to use NamedTemporaryFile as an atomic operation.

Signed-off-by: Eric Brown <eric.brown@securesauce.dev>
@ericwb ericwb merged commit 042a6ce into securesauce:main Aug 25, 2023
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@ericwb ericwb deleted the tempfile_mktemp branch August 25, 2023 04:43
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