Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

Vulnerable Web Server Software

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Web server products range from extremely simple and lightweight software which does little more than serve up static pages, to highly complex application platforms that can handle a large variety of tasks. Historically, web server software has been subject to a wide range of serious security vulnerabilities, which have resulted in arbitrary code execution, file … Read more

Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities

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Buffer overflow vulnerabilities occur when an application copies user-controllable data into a memory buffer that is not sufficiently large to accommodate it. The destination buffer is overflowed, resulting in adjacent memory being overwritten with the user’s data. Depending on the nature of the vulnerability, an attacker may be able to exploit it to execute arbitrary … Read more