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Test case 16650

Deprecated test case

This version contains mistakes, making it deprecated. Deprecated test cases should not be used for new work. However, They remain in the SARD as a reference to redo previous work.
Type
source code
State
mixed
Status
deprecated
Language
C
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Description

CWE: 187 Partial Comparison
BadSource: fromConsole Read input from the console
GoodSource: Provide a matching password
Sinks: ncmp_user_pw
GoodSink: Compare the 2 passwords correctly
BadSink : use strncmp() to do password match, but use the length of the user password
Flow Variant: 64 Data flow: void pointer to data passed from one function to another in different source files

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