Regardless of “well-documented” fixes, buffer overflow vulnerabilities are fairly prevalent, CISA identified. “For these causes — in addition to the injury exploitation of those defects could cause — CISA, FBI, and others[1] designate buffer overflow vulnerabilities as unforgivable defects.”
Producers are requested to check with the strategies outlined within the alert PDF issued with the advisory to forestall and mitigate buffer overflow defects, and software program customers are suggested to demand safe merchandise from them that embrace such preventions.
Microsoft, VMWare, Ivanti flaws referred to as out
The feds highlighted an inventory of buffer overflow bugs affecting main distributors like Microsoft, Ivanti, VMWare, Citrix and RedHat, starting from excessive to vital severity, and a few already having in-the-wild exploits.
