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Common C Vulnerabilities and Attacks
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.
Course Overview
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
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
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