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WeLiveSecurity3 年

What are buffer overflow attacks and how are they thwarted?

The Morris worm of 1988 was one of those industry-shaking experiences that revealed how quickly a worm could spread using a vulnerability known as a buffer overflow or buffer overrun. Around 6,000 of ...
Network World6 年

How ASLR protects Linux systems from buffer overflow attacks

ASLR (Address Space Layout Randomization) is a memory exploitation mitigation technique used on both Linux and Windows systems. Learn how to tell if it's running, enable/disable it, and get a view of ...
The Daily Dot6 年

What is buffer overflow, an old vulnerability that’s causing new problems?

In mid-May, a nasty security bug was discovered in popular messaging app WhatsApp that allowed hackers to install powerful malware on iPhone and Android devices. Interestingly, to exploit the bug, ...
Threat Post8 年

Buffer Overflow in BSD libc Library Patched

The BSD libc library was updated recently to address a buffer overflow vulnerability that could have allowed an attacker to execute arbitrary code. The BSD libc library was updated recently to address ...
Ars Technica21 年

Security - How do "unchecked buffers" lead to execution of "arbitrary code"?

A lot of the recent MS security patches are buffer related. "Unchecked buffer" this, "buffer overflow" that, etc, etc...<BR><BR>This may be a very deep question, but I'm going to ask it anyway in ...
Ars Technica2 年

OpenSSL 3 patch, once Heartbleed-level “critical,” arrives as a lesser “high”

An OpenSSL vulnerability once signaled as the first critical-level patch since the Internet-reshaping Heartbleed bug has just been patched. It ultimately arrived as a "high" security fix for a buffer ...