flawfinder
examines source code and looks for security weaknesses
Install
- All systems
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curl cmd.cat/flawfinder.sh
- Debian
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apt-get install flawfinder - Ubuntu
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apt-get install flawfinder - Arch Linux
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pacman -S flawfinder - Kali Linux
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apt-get install flawfinder - Fedora
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dnf install flawfinder - Windows (WSL2)
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sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install flawfinder - OS X
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brew install flawfinder - Raspbian
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apt-get install flawfinder - Dockerfile
- dockerfile.run/flawfinder
flawfinder
examines source code and looks for security weaknesses
Flawfinder searches through C/C++ source code looking for potential security flaws and produces a report describing the potential flaws found in source code, ranking them by likely severity. Like RATS, Flawfinder reports are not a direct indication of a vulnerability, but provide a reasonable starting point for performing manual security audits in source code. Flawfinder can also generate differential reports by pointing it to a patch (diff) file describing the code changes. This way it can be used to determine if the potential flaws found in code have increased or decreased after a commit to a source code management system like CVS or Subversion.