3.4 Environment Faults Environment faults are introduced when specifications are translated to code but sufficient attention is not paid to the run time environment. Environmental faults can also occur when different modules interact in an unanticipated manner. Computer Emergency Response Team Advisory , 1991. This flaw qualifies as a configuration error in our taxonomy because tftp was not properly installed. 3.4 Environment Faults Environment faults are introduced when specifications are translated to code but sufficient attention is not paid to the run time environment.
Environmental faults can also occur when different modules interact in an unanticipated manner.
Computer Emergency Response Team Advisory , 1991. In SunOS 4.1. This allowed unauthorized users read and write access to all files on a system. This error occurred because the system failed to check that it had read more than 256 characters or that it had exhausted the cache capacity. Computer Emergency Response Team Advisory , 1994.