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CompTIA Sec+ 1.2
Impacts of Types of Vulnerabilities
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Computer Science
Professional
11/04/2018

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Term
Race Condition
Definition
A pair of programming calls in an application do not perform in the sequential manner that was intended.
Term
Race Condition Vulnerabilities
Definition
Authentication
Integrity
Confidentiality
Term
Time of Check
Definition
A race condition where:
1. Attacker si able to gain access prior to an authentication check
2. INserts code or alters authentication to disrupt normal authentication processes
3. Admin sees the intrusion and resets passwords, but the attacker remains logged in with old credentials.
Term
TOCTTOU
Definition
Time of Check to Time of Use.
Term
Support / Lifecycle Vulnerability
Definition
Maintaining systems past their useful life or maintaining multiple versions of hardware and software suchas End-of-Life, Embedded Systems, or systems that no long have Vendor Support.
Term
Secure Coding - Input Validation
Definition
Techniques used to validate what is entered at the client or server side before processing
Mitigation of attacks such as XSS
SQL Injection Attacks
Term
OWASP
Definition
Open Web Application Security Project
Term
Securing Coding - Two sites that support secure coding
Definition
OWASP
CERT
Term
Misconfiguration / Weak Configuration
Definition
Weak or improper sconfigurations can expose an organization to risk with increased attack surface and holes in defenses
Term
Mitigation of Weak COnfigurations
Definition
Establish a standard configuration baseline, and periodically audit for that baseline.
Term
Resource Exhaustion
Definition
An attack that is repeated on a machine until all resources are exhausted.
Examples:
- DoS
- DDoS
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