Question 1

A _________ can occur as a result of a programming error when a process attempts to store data beyond the limits of a fixed-sized buffer and consequently overwrites adjacent memory locations.

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Question 2

In 1996 ________ published "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" in Phrack magazine,giving a step-by-step introduction to exploiting stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

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Question 3

________ attacks can occur in a binary buffer copy when the programmer has included code to check the number of bytes being transferred,but due to a coding error,allows just one more byte to be copied than there is space available.

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Question 4

The attacker can specify the return address used to enter code as a location somewhere in the run of NOPs,which is called a NOP ______.

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Question 5

_______ can be placed between stack frames or between different allocations on the heap to provide further protection against stack and heap overflow attacks,but at cost in execution time supporting the large number of page mappings necessary.

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Quiz 10: Buffer Overflow

A _________ can occur as a result of a programming error when a process attempts to store data beyond the limits of a fixed-sized buffer and consequently overwrites adjacent memory locations.

In 1996 ________ published "Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit" in Phrack magazine,giving a step-by-step introduction to exploiting stack-based buffer overflow vulnerabilities.

________ attacks can occur in a binary buffer copy when the programmer has included code to check the number of bytes being transferred,but due to a coding error,allows just one more byte to be copied than there is space available.

The attacker can specify the return address used to enter code as a location somewhere in the run of NOPs,which is called a NOP ______.

_______ can be placed between stack frames or between different allocations on the heap to provide further protection against stack and heap overflow attacks,but at cost in execution time supporting the large number of page mappings necessary.