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This is "flawfinder" by David A. Wheeler, <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>.
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This is "flawfinder" by David A. Wheeler, <dwheeler@dwheeler.com>.
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It's a simple Python program for scanning C/C++ source code
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for security problems. It uses lexical scanning to find tokens
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Flawfinder is a simple program that scans C/C++ source code and reports
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potential security problems. It can be a useful tool for examining
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software, and it can also serve as a simple introduction to static source code
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analysis tools more generally. It is designed to be easy to install and use.
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More technically, flawfinder uses lexical scanning to find tokens
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(such as function names) that suggest likely problems, estimates their
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(such as function names) that suggest likely problems, estimates their
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level of risk (e.g., by the text of function calls), and reports the resutlts.
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level of risk (e.g., by the text of function calls), and reports the resutlts.
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For more information, see:
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For more information, see:
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http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder
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http://www.dwheeler.com/flawfinder
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See INSTALL.txt for installation instructions.
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On Unix/Linux/POSIX systems, you can typically install it by extracting
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It is released under the GNU GPL license version 2 or later (GPLv2+).
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its files, using "cd" to enter its directory, and then run this:
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sudo make prefix=/usr install
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You can omit the "prefix=/usr"; it will then install under "/usr/local".
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The file INSTALL.txt has more detailed installation instructions.
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Flawfinder requires Python 2 (version 2.5 or later).
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Flawfinder is released under the GNU GPL license version 2 or later (GPLv2+).
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See the COPYING file for more license information.
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