[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2325: Use of tmpnam may produce spurious test results

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #2325: Use of tmpnam may produce spurious test results
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-09-14 09:45:33

#2325: Use of tmpnam may produce spurious test results
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 Reporter:  dave          |       Owner:  turkanis 
     Type:  Bugs          |      Status:  new      
Milestone:  Boost 1.37.0  |   Component:  iostreams
  Version:  Boost 1.36.0  |    Severity:  Problem  
 Keywords:                |  
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 As described in
 http://www.dwheeler.com/secure-programs/Secure-Programs-HOWTO/avoid-

 race.html,
 tmpnam is subject to race conditions, which makes it especially bad for
 use in
 testing when testers are exploiting parallelism via threads or processes.
 Several files in the library are using tmpnam when they should use
 mkstemp.

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Ticket URL: <http://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/2325>
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