Common C Vulnerabilities and Attacks from CMD+CTRL Security

Common C Vulnerabilities and Attacks

Online, Self-Paced

In this course you will review common C application vulnerabilities, how they manifest in code, and techniques and libraries that you can use to mitigate the risk of attack. After completing this course, you will be able to mitigate risk from format string attacks, integer overflows, race conditions, canonicalization issues, command injection, and SQL Injection.

Learning Objectives

On successful completion of this course, learners should have the knowledge and skills to mitigate risk from:

Format string attacks
Integer overflows
Race conditions
Canonicalization issues
Command injection
SQL injection

Framework Connections

Design and Development

The materials within this course focus on the NICE Framework Task, Knowledge, and Skill statements identified within the indicated NICE Framework component(s):

Competency Areas

Work Roles

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