Can source code auditing software identify common vulnerabilities and be used to evaluate software security?

Software vulnerabilities are a growing problem (c.f. MITRE's CVE, http://eve.mitre.org). Moreover, many of the mistakes leading to vulnerabilities are repeated often. Source code auditing tools could be a great help in identifying common mistakes, or in evaluating the security of software. We i...

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Published in:	System Sciences: Abstracts of Full Papers, Proceedings 37th International Conference, Hilton Waikoloa Village, Hawaii, 2004 p. 10 pp.
Main Authors:	Heffley, J., Meunier, P.
Format:	Conference Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	IEEE 2004
Subjects:	Buffer overflow Costing Information security Large-scale systems Mission critical systems NIST Programming Risk management Software tools Testing
ISBN:	0769520561, 9780769520568
Online Access:	Get full text
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