Can a sand box mitigate the effect of a buffer overflow.

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I have to do some research about Sand Box process. But I cannot understand how a sandbox can mitigate a buffer overflow. Let's say I have my server application ( a FTP server) this is affect by a buffer overflow which can be exploited remotely.

How sandbox as Vx32, Janus ostia can stop the inject code from accessing the file system?

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 02 '13 at 14:57

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They don't give any of the code in the sandbox permissions to access the file system at all. If a buffer overflow happens, that overflow happens inside the sandboxed program, so the program in question is still sandboxed.

answered Jan 02 '13 at 14:57

Billy ONeal

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Can a sand box mitigate the effect of a buffer overflow.

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