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VMware vSphere 7.0 vCenter Appliance Photon OS Security Technical Implementation Guide
SRG-OS-000433-GPOS-00193
The Photon operating system must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
The Photon operating system must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
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The Photon operating system must implement address space layout randomization (ASLR) to protect its memory from unauthorized code execution.
Medium Severity
<VulnDiscussion>ASLR makes it more difficult for an attacker to predict the location of attack code they have introduced into a process's address space during an attempt at exploitation. ASLR also makes it more difficult for an attacker to know the location of existing code to repurpose it using return-oriented programming (ROP) techniques.</VulnDiscussion><FalsePositives></FalsePositives><FalseNegatives></FalseNegatives><Documentable>false</Documentable><Mitigations></Mitigations><SeverityOverrideGuidance></SeverityOverrideGuidance><PotentialImpacts></PotentialImpacts><ThirdPartyTools></ThirdPartyTools><MitigationControl></MitigationControl><Responsibility></Responsibility><IAControls></IAControls>