[Libreoffice] [PATCH] Simplify a function returning the temporary directory name
Tor Lillqvist
tlillqvist at novell.com
Wed Jul 13 08:16:33 PDT 2011
Do we really want to have those access() checks there?
I am not evil enough to think of a way to abuse that code (insert maniacal laughter), but in general, isn't that exactly the kind of coding that could be a security vulnerability? (TOCTTOU seems to be the technical term, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time-of-check-to-time-of-use )
--tml
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