centos 6
obsolete weakness #15

Weakness Breakdown

Definition:

An obsolete weakness occurs when someone uses deprecated or obsolete functions when building a system. As a programming language evolves, some functions occasionally become obsolete.

Warning code(s):

These functions are considered obsolete on most systems, and very non-portable.

File Name:

glibc-2.5-20061008T1257/signal/signal.h

Context:

The highlighted line of code below is the trigger point of this particular Centos 6 obsolete weakness.

 
/* Send signal SIG to process number PID.  If PID is zero,
   send SIG to all processes in the current process's process group.
   If PID is < -1, send SIG to all processes in process group - PID.  */
#ifdef __USE_POSIX
extern int kill (__pid_t __pid, int __sig) __THROW;
#endif /* Use POSIX.  */

#if defined __USE_BSD || defined __USE_XOPEN_EXTENDED
/* Send SIG to all processes in process group PGRP.
   If PGRP is zero, send SIG to all processes in
   the current process's process group.  */
extern int killpg (__pid_t __pgrp, int __sig) __THROW;
#endif /* Use BSD || X/Open Unix.  */

__BEGIN_NAMESPACE_STD
/* Raise signal SIG, i.e., send SIG to yourself.  */
extern int raise (int __sig) __THROW;
__END_NAMESPACE_STD

#ifdef __USE_SVID
/* SVID names for the same things.  */
extern __sighandler_t ssignal (int __sig, __sighandler_t __handler)
     __THROW;
extern int gsignal (int __sig) __THROW;
#endif /* Use SVID.  */

#ifdef __USE_MISC
/* Print a message describing the meaning of the given signal number.  */
extern void psignal (int __sig, __const char *__s);
#endif /* Use misc.  */


/* The 'sigpause' function has two different interfaces.  The original
   BSD definition defines the argument as a mask of the signal, while
   the more modern interface in X/Open defines it as the signal
   number.  We go with the BSD version unless the user explicitly
   selects the X/Open version.

   This function is a cancellation point and therefore not marked with
   __THROW.  */
extern int __sigpause (int __sig_or_mask, int __is_sig);

#ifdef __FAVOR_BSD
/* Set the mask of blocked signals to MASK,
   wait for a signal to arrive, and then restore the mask.  */
extern int sigpause (int __mask) __THROW __attribute_deprecated__;
#else
# ifdef __USE_XOPEN
#  ifdef __GNUC__