Affected Languages

The most strongly affected language is C/C++. A successful attack can lead immediately to the execution of arbitrary code, and to information disclosure. Other languages wont typically allow the execution of arbitrary code, but other types of attacks are possible as we previously note. Perl isnt directly vulnerable to specifiers being given by user input, but it could be vulnerable if the format strings are read in from tampered data.



19 Deadly Sins of Software Security. Programming Flaws and How to Fix Them
Writing Secure Code
ISBN: 71626751
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 239

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