What is a buffer overflow attack?
A)It is an attack when the perpetrator is inserting malicious query in input such that it is passed to and executed by an application program.
B)It is an attack when the perpetrator is inputting so much data that the input buffer overflows.The overflow contains code that takes control of the company's computer.
C)It is an attack when the perpetrator uses software to guess company's addresses,send employees blank e-mails,and add unreturned messages to spammer e-mail list.
D)It is an attacked when the perpetrator sends hundreds of messages from randomly generated false addresses,overloading an Internet service provider's e-mail server.

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A buffer overflow attack occurs when an attacker inputs more data than a program's buffer can store, causing it to overflow with excess data. This excess data may contain malicious code that can take control of the program or even the entire system. Option A describes a SQL injection attack, option C describes address spoofing, and option D describes a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.

What Is a Buffer Overflow Attack