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Assessment Title
Rule Text
The system must limit the ability of processes to have simultaneous write and execute access to memory.
Description
Discussion Text
A common type of exploit is the stack buffer overflow. An application receives from an attacker more data than it is prepared for and stores this information on its stack, writing beyond the space reserved for it. This can be designed to cause execution of the data written on the stack. One mechanism to mitigate this vulnerability is for the system to not allow the execution of instructions in sections of memory identified as part of the stack.
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