Question 40
At the Stonehaven cloud software developer, a legacy network daemon crashes on oversized packets and its vendor publishes a memory corruption advisory. Which setting or practice should be reviewed in future?
Explanation
Correct Answer
After implementation, the team should track vulnerable software versions and malformed-input regression tests as the appropriate recurring safeguard against the identified issue.
Incorrect Answers
Regression-test untrusted rendering surfaces in every frontend release. That safeguard would help prevent recurrence of: Untrusted content becomes browser-executable code when inserted without correct encoding. The risk being reviewed here is instead: Unchecked buffer boundaries can allow memory corruption from malformed input. The matching ongoing control is: Track vulnerable software versions and malformed-input regression tests.
The suggested preventive check is: Review feed provenance and confidence calibration. Its technical scope concerns: Source reputation and corroboration affect the risk of intelligence-driven enforcement. This question asks how to sustain control over: Unchecked buffer boundaries can allow memory corruption from malformed input. The more targeted safeguard is: Track vulnerable software versions and malformed-input regression tests.
Audit privileged login controls during firewall rule updates. That safeguard would help prevent recurrence of: Perimeter rules do not prevent every insider or stolen-credential route to device control. The risk being reviewed here is instead: Unchecked buffer boundaries can allow memory corruption from malformed input. The matching ongoing control is: Track vulnerable software versions and malformed-input regression tests.