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linux GHOST

CRITICAL glibc remote vulnerability exploit “GHOST” – patch glibc now!

Posted by Curtis K in Administration Jan, 28 2015 3 Comments

GHOST Exploit Summary A nasty new remote exploit has been discovered by Qualys. Without going in to too much detail, the exploit lies in the gethostbyname function in glibc. This function is used to convert DNS addresses in to IP addresses. More details from Qaulys.   What versions are affected? All versions of glibc ... Read More...

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