Detect buffer overflows
If you use role-based administration:
- You must have the Policy setting - anti-virus and HIPS right to perform this task.
- You cannot edit a policy if it is applied outside your active sub-estate.
For more information, see Managing roles and sub-estates.
Buffer overflow detection dynamically analyzes the behavior of programs running on the system in order to detect when an attempt is made to exploit a running process using buffer overflow techniques.
By default, buffer overflows are detected and blocked.
To change the settings for detecting and reporting buffer overflow attacks: