Monday, February 18, 2008

Attack Class: Buffer Overflows

A buffer overflow: it's an easy enough mistake to make. And as the Jargon File puts it, buffer overflows are the source of "some of the most insidious data-dependent bugs known to mankind"1 Yet buffer overflows are more than just a source of frustration for programmers. Indeed, they can create serious security holes, introducing vulnerabilities which can be exploited to achieve a denial of service or in some cases, to gain access and/or increased privileges on a system.

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