RE: Java NullPointerException's (was "", was (Shellcode In jection))

[Nick Lothian <nl () essential com au>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lewis, Todd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Monday, 15 December 2003 2:45 AM
> To: Crispin Cowan; Jeffrey W. Baker
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [SC-L]
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> Although I agree about ML, I have to say that the number of 
> null-pointer
> exceptions I've seen in Java apps leaves me suspicious that 
> it might not be
> as safe as it's cracked up to be.  Plus, no amount of 
> type-safe code can
> save you from a well-placed photon or two:
>
> http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~sudhakar/papers/memerr.pdf

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What security implications does a Java NullPointerException have?

I fail to see how java.lang.NullPointerException's are related to
stack-smashing, type-safety violations OR shell code injection (or indeed
any other kind of security problem when considered in isolation).

Nick