A system administrator is troubleshooting a possible denial of service on a sensitive system. The
system seems to run properly for a few hours after it is restarted, but then it suddenly stops
processing transactions. The system administrator suspects an internal DoS caused by a
disgruntled developer who is currently seeking a new job while still working for the company. After
looking into various system logs, the system administrator looks at the following output from the
main system service responsible for processing incoming transactions.
DATE/TIMEPIDCOMMAND%CPUMEM
031020141030002055com.proc10.2920K
031020141100002055com.proc12.35.2M
031020141230002055com.proc22.022M
031020141300002055com.proc33.01.6G
031020141330002055com.proc30.28.0G
Which of the following is the MOST likely cause for the DoS?
A.
The system does not implement proper garbage collection.
B.
The system is susceptible to integer overflow.
C.
The system does not implement input validation.
D.
The system does not protect against buffer overflows properly.