Re: Information on attacks other than format string bugs,and buf ove rflows.

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () THIEVCO COM>]

"O'Kelly, Aidan" wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone knows any good papers on other types of attacks,
> apart from buffer overflows and format strings, that can result from bugs in
> C, for example, the recent bug in sshd.(cant think of any more examples,
> thats why I'm asking)

Unfiltered exec* calls, /tmp problems, symlink following, race conditions,
a whole raft of DoS conditions, and any number of design and
protocol errors.

Were you specifically looking at things that allow pushing of
arbitrary code?

                                        BB