Naslov
A Taxonomy of Defenses Against Memory Corruption Attacks

Autori
Novković, Bojan

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), ostalo

Izvornik
44th International Convention on Information, Communication and Electronic Technology / - , 2021, 128-142

Skup
44th International Convention on Information, Communication and Electronic Technology, Information Systems Security

Mjesto i datum
Opatija, Hrvatska, 27.09.2021. - 01.10.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
memory corruption, systems security, vulnerabilities

Sažetak
Vulnerabilities caused by memory corruption related bugs are a pervasive threat, continually undermining the security of the whole computing environment. The lack of memory safety mechanisms in indispensable systems programming languages like C or C++ leaves plenty of room for programmer-induced errors which often result in catastrophic security breaches. We analyze the root causes of these vulnerabilities, providing a concise overview of memory corruption bugs and related attacks. Although present in a number of programming languages, we use the C/C++ programming language as a basis for our analyses. We categorize existing defensive mechanisms based on the attack techniques they focused on preventing and give a brief insight into state- of-the-art defenses introduced throughout the years, with a special focus on operating system defenses.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Računarstvo

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