buffer overflow
RSS buffer overflowApple's Mac OS 'lagging behind Vista on security'
News The Snow Leopard website says it will offer protection against some common types of heap buffer overflow exploits but not new types of such memory overflow exploits, according to Dai... [27 Aug 2009]
Security Benefits of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 on IBM System z
White Paper Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 combines an innovative, transparent, vigilant, and inclusive approach to security with a wide variety of features that protect systems against attack, particularly in the area of buffer... [05 Aug 2009]
Steps Involved in Exploiting a Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Using a SEH Handler
White Paper This paper uses buffer overflow vulnerability in an application to overwrite the SEH handler. This paper will outline all the steps necessary to exploit such vulnerability, from detecting the point of... [16 May 2009]
What Is a Penetration Test?
White Paper This includes extensive vulnerability scanning, launching of real exploits, buffer overflow attacks, a wide range of advanced utilities and Denial of Service. A penetration test subjects a system or a... [01 May 2009]
Adobe patches hole after exploits found in the wild
News Attackers could take advantage of a hole on unpatched systems to overwrite memory with a buffer overflow and install a backdoor through which to control the system remotely. Adobe Systems on Tuesday... [11 Mar 2009]
Utility-Driven Load Shedding for XML Stream Processing
White Paper Because of the high volume and unpredictable arrival rate, stream processing systems may not always be able to keep up with the input data streams - resulting in buffer overflow and uncontrolled loss of... [24 Dec 2008]
Vista flaw leaves OS open to DoS attack
News Certain requests sent to the iphlpapi.dll API can cause a buffer overflow that corrupts the Vista kernel memory, resulting in a blue-screen-of-death crash. This buffer... [24 Nov 2008]
Fast Overflow Probability Estimation Tool for MPLS Networks
White Paper The present work introduces a software tool that calculates the overflow probability on the core links of a MPLS network. This allows the user to determine the overflow status of the network without the... [11 Sep 2008]
Google Talk finds a home on iPhone
News During the CanSecWest conference, Miller found and used a buffer overflow in Safari in the Apple WebKit to win a $10,000 "Pwn to Own" contest. Google is making its Google Talk instant-messaging... [04 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Internet Information Servers internet printing protocol is enabled: Enables print jobs to be controlled online and early versions contain a buffer overflow vulnerability that can lead to system compromise. [19 Jun 2008]
Improving Source Code Security and Quality Using Intel Compilers
White Paper The Static Verifier, together with stack and buffer overflow run time checks can detect certain common security vulnerabilities. Compilers diagnostics capabilities have increased rapidly in recent years. [31 May 2008]
A Simple and Effective End-to-End Approach to Increase TCP Throughput Over Ad-Hoc Networks
White Paper TCP congestion control mechanism is based on the fact that the main reason of loss in wired networks is the buffer overflow. This paper studies the behavior of TCP protocol over multihop ad-hoc networks. [06 Dec 2007]
Modeling Scalable TCP Friendliness to NewReno TCP
White Paper The model is used in situations where congestion occurs due to buffer overflow (synchronous loss) and random loss (asynchronous loss). Scalable TCP is a simple change to the traditional TCP congestion... [06 Dec 2007]
LRED: A Robust and Responsive AQM Algorithm Using Packet Loss Ratio Measurement
White Paper Their response time generally increases however, leading to frequent buffer overflow and emptiness. Active Queue Management (AQM) is an effective means to enhance congestion control, and to achieve... [06 Dec 2007]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment Browser vulnerabilities such as cross-site scripting (XSS) have the potential to become as prolific as buffer overflow was 10 years ago. The web is already the main target for security attacks. Now the... [26 Nov 2007]
