Types of Security Vulnerabilities in Softwares

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Most software security vulnerabilities fall into one of a small set of categories:

• buffer overflows
  
  
• unvalidated input
  
  
• race conditions
  
  
• access-control problems
  
  
• weaknesses in authentication, authorization, or cryptographic practices
  

This chapter describes the nature of each type of vulnerability.

Types of Security Vulnerabilities


Buffer Overflows, Race Conditions & Privileges Escalations:

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