CWE - CWE-748: CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Appendix

Category ID: 748

Status: Obsolete

Summary

Weaknesses in this category are related to the rules and recommendations in the POSIX (POS) appendix of the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008).

Membership

Nature	Type	ID	Name
MemberOf	View - a subset of CWE entries that provides a way of examining CWE content. The two main view structures are Slices (flat lists) and Graphs (containing relationships between entries).	734	Weaknesses Addressed by the CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008)
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	170	Improper Null Termination
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	242	Use of Inherently Dangerous Function
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	272	Least Privilege Violation
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	273	Improper Check for Dropped Privileges
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	363	Race Condition Enabling Link Following
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	366	Race Condition within a Thread
HasMember	Base - a weakness that is still mostly independent of a resource or technology, but with sufficient details to provide specific methods for detection and prevention. Base level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 2 or 3 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	562	Return of Stack Variable Address
HasMember	Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.	667	Improper Locking
HasMember	Variant - a weakness that is linked to a certain type of product, typically involving a specific language or technology. More specific than a Base weakness. Variant level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 3 to 5 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, technology, language, and resource.	686	Function Call With Incorrect Argument Type
HasMember	Class - a weakness that is described in a very abstract fashion, typically independent of any specific language or technology. More specific than a Pillar Weakness, but more general than a Base Weakness. Class level weaknesses typically describe issues in terms of 1 or 2 of the following dimensions: behavior, property, and resource.	696	Incorrect Behavior Order

Notes

Relationship

In the 2008 version of the CERT C Secure Coding standard, the following rules were mapped to the following CWE IDs:

CWE-59 POS01-C Check for the existence of links when dealing with files
CWE-170 POS30-C Use the readlink() function properly
CWE-242 POS33-C Do not use vfork()
CWE-272 POS02-C Follow the principle of least privilege
CWE-273 POS37-C Ensure that privilege relinquishment is successful
CWE-363 POS35-C Avoid race conditions while checking for the existence of a symbolic link
CWE-366 POS00-C Avoid race conditions with multiple threads
CWE-562 POS34-C Do not call putenv() with a pointer to an automatic variable as the argument
CWE-667 POS31-C Do not unlock or destroy another thread's mutex
CWE-686 POS34-C Do not call putenv() with a pointer to an automatic variable as the argument
CWE-696 POS36-C Observe correct revocation order while relinquishing privileges

References

[REF-597] Robert C. Seacord. "The CERT C Secure Coding Standard". 1st Edition. Addison-Wesley Professional. 2008-10-14.

Content History

Submissions
Submission Date	Submitter	Organization
2008-11-24	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2008-11-24
Modifications
Modification Date	Modifier	Organization
2017-11-08	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2017-11-08	updated Description, Name, Relationship_Notes
2019-01-03	CWE Content Team	MITRE
2019-01-03	updated Description, Name, References, Relationship_Notes, Relationships
Previous Entry Names
Change Date	Previous Entry Name
2017-11-08	CERT C Secure Coding Section 50 - POSIX (POS)

2019-01-03	CERT C Secure Coding (2008 Version) Section 50 - POSIX (POS)

Common Weakness Enumeration

CWE CATEGORY: CERT C Secure Coding Standard (2008) Appendix - POSIX (POS)


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