Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Linux Buffer Overflow Security Exploits | Date | Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:09:59 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Excuse my ignorance, but would someone explain to me why Linux and other = > Unices are vulnerable to buffer overflow exploits? I suspect it's =
Because like basically all computers you don't have hardware type and size tags on all pointers. There are approaches to reduce the probability of that error but reading and checking code is the most productive. Logic errors tend to be as big a problem
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