The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities

  • Authors:
  • Mark Dowd;John McDonald;Justin Schuh

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • The Art of Software Security Assessment: Identifying and Preventing Software Vulnerabilities
  • Year:
  • 2006

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“There are a number of secure programming books on the market, but none that go as deep as this one. The depth and detail exceeds all books that I know about by an order of magnitude.”-Halvar Flake, CEO and head of research, SABRE Security GmbHThe Definitive Insider's Guide to Auditing Software SecurityThis is one of the most detailed, sophisticated, and useful guides to software security auditing ever written. The authors are leading security consultants and researchers who have personally uncovered vulnerabilities in applications ranging from sendmail to Microsoft Exchange, Check Point VPN to Internet Explorer. Drawing on their extraordinary experience, they introduce a start-to-finish methodology for “ripping apart” applications to reveal even the most subtle and well-hidden security flaws.The Art of Software Security Assessment covers the full spectrum of software vulnerabilities in both UNIX/Linux and Windows environments. It demonstrates how to audit security in applications of all sizes and functions, including network and Web software. Moreover, it teaches using extensive examples of real code drawn from past flaws in many of the industry's highest-profile applications.Coverage includes· Code auditing: theory, practice, proven methodologies, and secrets of the trade· Bridging the gap between secure software design and post-implementation review· Performing architectural assessment: design review, threat modeling, and operational review· Identifying vulnerabilities related to memory management, data types, and malformed data· UNIX/Linux assessment: privileges, files, and processes· Windows-specific issues, including objects and the filesystem· Auditing interprocess communication, synchronization, and state· Evaluating network software: IP stacks, firewalls, and common application protocols· Auditing Web applications and technologiesThis book is an unprecedented resource for everyone who must deliver secure software or assure the safety of existing software: consultants, security specialists, developers, QA staff, testers, and administrators alike.ContentsABOUT THE AUTHORS ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 xvPREFACE ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 xviiACKNOWLEDGMENTSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 xxiI Introduction to Software Security Assessment1 SOFTWARE VULNERABILITY FUNDAMENTALSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 32 DESIGN REVIEW ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 253 OPERATIONAL REVIEWï戮 ï戮 ï戮 674 APPLICATION REVIEW PROCESSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 91II Software Vulnerabilities5 MEMORY CORRUPTIONï戮 ï戮 ï戮 1676 C LANGUAGE ISSUES ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 2037 PROGRAM BUILDING BLOCKS ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 2978 STRINGS ANDMETACHARACTERSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 3879 UNIX I: PRIVILEGES AND FILES ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 45910 UNIX II: PROCESSES ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 55911 WINDOWS I: OBJECTS AND THE FILE SYSTEM ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 62512 WINDOWS II: INTERPROCESS COMMUNICATION ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 68513 SYNCHRONIZATION AND STATEï戮 ï戮 ï戮 755III Software Vulnerabilities in Practice14 NETWORK PROTOCOLSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 82915 FIREWALLSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 89116 NETWORK APPLICATION PROTOCOLSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 92117 WEB APPLICATIONSï戮 ï戮 ï戮 100718 WEB TECHNOLOGIES ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 1083BIBLIOGRAPHY ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 1125INDEX ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 ï戮 1129