Date: Wed, 1 Dec 1999 14:57:54 -0600 (CST) From: Naiden M Markachev <nmm367@cs.usask.ca> To: Robert Watson <robert+freebsd@cyrus.watson.org> Cc: freebsd-security@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: stack overflow and security Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9912011455240.2491-100000@penguin2.usask.ca> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.991201135544.4689B-100000@fledge.watson.org>
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On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Robert Watson wrote: > I don't know if the original message author meant it or not, but the > author used the words "stack overflow" and not "buffer overflow". In my > mind, "stack overflow" implies walking off the bottom of the available > stack space, and is usually the result of excessive recursion or > implicit allocation of something inappropriate in the function call stack. I am sorry. It was my missunderstanding of the original question. > > > Matt wrote: > > > > > > can any one help to explain how stack over security exploit. does anyone > > > know how to fix it? How it happens? > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > > Here is a site that answers your question..... at least the "how it > > happens" part. > > http://www.helloworld.ca/1999/04-apr/attack_class.html > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > > > > > Robert N M Watson > > robert@fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ > PGP key fingerprint: AF B5 5F FF A6 4A 79 37 ED 5F 55 E9 58 04 6A B1 > TIS Labs at Network Associates, Safeport Network Services > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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