Testing static analysis tools using exploitable buffer overflows from open source code.

Five modern static analysis tools (ARCHER, BOON, Poly-Space C Verifier, Splint, and UNO) were evaluated using source code examples containing 14 exploitable buffer overflow vulnerabilities found in various versions of Sendmail, BIND, and WU-FTPD. Each code example included a "BAD" case wit...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	Software engineering notes. 29, 6 (2004).
Main Author:	Zitser, Misha
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	Software. Software engineering. Software / Program Verification. Testing and debugging. Computing milieux. Computers and society. Electronic commerce. Measurement. Performance. Security. Verification. Buffer overflow. Evaluation. Exploit. False alarm. Source code. Static analysis. Test detection.