Fwd: re: Are NULL pointer deref a security problem ?

[Nicolas Gregoire <ngregoire () exaprobe com>]

Just a forward ....

> 07/12/2001 20:17:31, Chris Wysopal <weld () vulnwatch org> wrote :
>
> > NULL pointer deferences cause a kernel trap.  Process execution is terminated
> > unless there is a special handler in place.  An attacker cannot manipulate
> > memory or the instruction pointer from this particular problem.  It does show
> > poor coding and perhaps by poking around the area of the NULL pointer deref you
> > could find a slightly different dereferencing problem.
> >
> >
> > -weld