fedora 23
shell weakness #15

Weakness Breakdown

Definition:

A shell weakness occurs when a program enables an attacker to execute unexpected commands on the operating system.

Warning code(s):

This causes a new program to execute and is difficult to use safely.

File Name:

oiio-Release-1.5.24/src/libutil/filesystem.cpp

Context:

The highlighted line of code below is the trigger point of this particular Fedora 23 shell weakness.

 {
#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
    boost::system::error_code ec;
    boost::filesystem::path p = boost::filesystem::temp_directory_path (ec);
    return ec ? std::string() : p.string();
#else
    const char *tmpdir = getenv("TMPDIR");
    if (! tmpdir)
        tmpdir = getenv("TMP");
    if (! tmpdir)
        tmpdir = "/var/tmp";
    if (exists (tmpdir))
        return tmpdir;
    // punt and hope for the best
    return ".";
#endif
}



std::string
Filesystem::unique_path (string_view model)
{
#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
    boost::system::error_code ec;
    boost::filesystem::path p = boost::filesystem::unique_path (model.str(), ec);
    return ec ? std::string() : p.string();
#elif _MSC_VER
    char buf[TMP_MAX];
    char *result = tmpnam (buf);
    return result ? std::string(result) : std::string();
#else
    char buf[L_tmpnam];
    char *result = tmpnam (buf);
    return result ? std::string(result) : std::string();
#endif
}



std::string
Filesystem::current_path()
{
#if BOOST_FILESYSTEM_VERSION >= 3
    boost::system::error_code ec;
    boost::filesystem::path p = boost::filesystem::current_path (ec);
    return ec ? std::string() : p.string();
#else
    // Fallback if we don't have recent Boost
    char path[FILENAME_MAX];