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Buffer Overflows and Remote Root Exploits
From: crispin () CSE OGI EDU (Crispin Cowan)
Date: Sat, 2 Oct 1999 18:29:17 +0000
I'm writing a paper on categorizing buffer overflow attacks and defenses. I conjecture (from my experience) that buffer overflow attacks constitute a *huge* majority of all remote root exploits (the other major category being weak escapes in CGI scripts). Two questions: * Does the community agree with these conjectures? * Can anyone cite a paper or statistic to back up these claims? Thanks, Crispin ----- Crispin Cowan, Research Assistant Professor of Computer Science, OGI NEW: Protect Your Linux Host with StackGuard'd Programs :FREE http://www.cse.ogi.edu/DISC/projects/immunix/StackGuard/
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- Re: [Fwd: Truth about ssh 1.2.27 vulnerabiltiy] Dan Astoorian (Oct 01)
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- Re: Fix for ssh-1.2.27 symlink/bind problem Toomas Kiisk (Oct 05)
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