On 01/28/2015 01:19 PM, Matthew Miller wrote:
On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 02:21:41PM +0000, Norah Jones wrote:
> Can someone describe in detail about the Ghost security hole. And is
> there any patch or a solution to fix it?
This was a problem fixed in glibc 2.18, so that version, as shipped in
F20, and 2.20, as we have in F21, are not vulnerable. If you are
running F19 or earlier, you should update.
I installed the F20 glibc on my F19 system. The ghosttest.c test
program now shows my F19 as no longer vulnerable.
# yum --releasever=20 update glibc
YMMV
If you're running (a supported version of) a different Linux
distribution with an old version, patches are likely available.
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