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PScan is a C source code security scanner, which looks for misuse of
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libc functions which use varargs and printf-style formatting
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operators. In many situations these can cause security vulnerabilities
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in the application if it runs with privileges (setugid, or listening
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to a network socket, etc).
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An example of the kind of situation pscan looks for is the following:
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variable = "%s"; /* or malicious user input */
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sprintf(buffer, variable); /* BAD! */
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