ROSE Checker Code

These checkers enforce the CERT C Secure Coding rules. The code is available for free download by selecting 'Attachments' on this page.

This code has been developed and tested on an i386 workstation running
Linux (2.6.16.60) and g++ (3.4.4)

This code depends on ROSE 0.9.3a, which is available for free download
from:

http://rosecompiler.org/

ROSE 0.9.3a also depends on the BOOST C++ library, version 1.3.5,
which is available for free download from:

http://www.boost.org/

First make sure that the ROSE environment variable points to the build
directory of ROSE:

	export ROSE=/usr/local/rose/compileTree

Building Diagnose

To build the ROSE 'diagnose' program, which runs secure coding rules:

	make pgms

To test diagnose on the code samples from the CERT C Secure Coding
Rules:

	make tests

To build API documentation pages, you must have doxygen installed:

	make doc

To clean documentation pages and build files:

	make clean

Running Diagnose

To run the diagnose program on a C file, simply pass the C file as an
argument:

	diagnose hello.c

If the C file violates some secure coding rules, the diagnose program
will print them out. If the diagnose program can not find any
violations, it prints nothing.

Secure Coding Rules Enforced by Diagnose

The C Secure Coding Rules are available at:

https://www.securecoding.cert.org/confluence/display/seccode/CERT+C+Secure+Coding+Standard

Here is a breakdown of how thoroughly diagnose enforces the C Secure
Coding Rules:

Complete 57

ROSE catches all violations of these rules

Partial 45

ROSE catches some, but not all violations of these rules

false-positive 9

These rules could be checked by diagnose, but they will also catch
some false positives.

Potential 29

These rules are not checked by diagnose, but could be

Undoable 32

These rules could not be checked by ROSE due to various limitations in
ROSE.

Unenforceable 48

These rules could not be checked by any tool that relies purely on
unaided static analysis.

TOTAL 220