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Buffer overflows: attacks and defenses for the vulnerability of the decade
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Abstract
Buffer overflows have been the most common form of security vulnerability for the last ten years. Moreover, buffer overflow vulnerabilities dominate the area of remote network penetration vulnerabilities, where an anonymous Internet user seeks to gain partial or total control of a host. If buffer overflow vulnerabilities could be effectively eliminated, a very large portion of the most serious security threats would also be eliminated. We survey the various types of buffer overflow vulnerabilities and attacks and survey the various defensive measures that mitigate buffer overflow vulnerabilities, including our own StackGuard method. We then consider which combinations of techniques can eliminate the problem of buffer overflow vulnerabilities, while preserving the functionality and performance of existing systems.
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@misc{cowan2000buffer,
title = {Buffer overflows: attacks and defenses for the vulnerability of the decade},
author = {Crispin Cowan and F. Wagle and Calton Pu and Steve Beattie and Jonathan Walpole},
year = {2000},
volume = {2},
pages = {119--129},
doi = {10.1109/discex.2000.821514},
}
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