CWE-432

Dangerous Signal Handler not Disabled During Sensitive Operations

Medium

Description

The product uses a signal handler that shares state with other signal handlers, but it does not properly mask or prevent those signal handlers from being invoked while the original signal handler is still running.

Potential Impact

How to Fix

Implementation

Turn off dangerous handlers when performing sensitive operations.

Related Weaknesses

References

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