John works as a C programmer. He develops the following C program: His program is vulnerable to a __________ attack.

The correct answer is C. Buffer overflow. This program takes a user-supplied string and copies it into 'buffer1', which can hold up to 10 bytes of data. If a user sends more than 10 bytes, it would result in a buffer overflow.

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John works as a C programmer. He develops the following C program: His program is vulnerable to a __________ attack.

Options

ASQL injection
BDenial-of-Service
CBuffer overflow
DCross site scripting

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A
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B
17% (5)
C
69% (20)
D
10% (3)

Explanation

This program takes a user-supplied string and copies it into 'buffer1', which can hold up to 10 bytes of data. If a user sends more than 10 bytes, it would result in a buffer overflow.

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