Buffer
Overflow Intro. ©2002, Jedidiah R. Crandall, Susan L. Gerhart, Jan G.
Hogle.
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Basics of Buffer Overflows
What’s a buffer? An overflow? How do attacks occur?
ANALOGY: computer~~mailroom
Scenario Characters:
•Norman,
the mailroom worker
•Alice,
who programs the mailroom computer
•Patty,
an innocent-appearing user who knows how to use a buffer overflow to hijack the computer