Re: "Buffer overflow" term considered overloaded

2006-09-25 Thread Dave \"No, not that one\" Korn
Steven M. Christey wrote: > In "Re: IE ActiveX 0day?" to Bugtraq on September 18, Alexander > Sotirov asked: > >> What is your definition of memory corruption? How can a buffer >> overflow not be a memory corruption error? > > The term "buffer overflow" continues to be too general for the variety >

"Buffer overflow" term considered overloaded

2006-09-23 Thread Steven M. Christey
In "Re: IE ActiveX 0day?" to Bugtraq on September 18, Alexander Sotirov asked: >What is your definition of memory corruption? How can a buffer >overflow not be a memory corruption error? The term "buffer overflow" continues to be too general for the variety of issues out there. Array index/offs