Description
Vulnerability in StackGuard before 1.21 allows remote attackers to bypass the Random and Terminator Canary security mechanisms by using a non-linear attack which directly modifies a pointer to a return address instead of using a buffer overflow to reach the return address entry itself.
References
- 786 vdb-entry
- immunix-stackguard-bo(3524) vdb-entry
- 19911109 ImmuniX OS Security Alert: StackGuard 1.21 Released mailing-list