<div dir="ltr">Hello Linux/System Admins,<br>
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If you running CentOS or RedHat based OS then kindly ASAP upgdate the<br>
glibc library as there is a glibc vulnerability as below:-<br><br><table style="font-family:inherit;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;word-spacing:0px;border-collapse:collapse;border-spacing:0px;width:600px;margin:0px auto;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(241,241,241)" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="600"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="text-align:right" align="right" height="40" valign="middle" width="100%"><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/es.aspx?s=1795&e=525492&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="fLPlCIzvP2KFzYm0Hfl0Sw1" style="margin-right:10px;font-size:11px;color:rgb(102,102,102);vertical-align:middle">View in a Web Browser</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="45" width="100%"><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er?s=1795&lid=1265&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="Fr6xHANfcUNEgLVv1yId0A9"><img alt="Red Hat" src="https://access.redhat.com/webassets/avalon/g/emails/red-hat-logo.png" border="0" height="45" width="140"></a></td></tr><tr><td style="width:440px;text-align:left;vertical-align:middle" width="440"><div style="padding:0px 40px 0px 0px"><h1 style="margin:20px 0px;color:rgb(204,0,0);text-transform:uppercase;line-height:1.2em;font-size:24px">GHOST GLIBC LIBRARY VULNERABILITY</h1><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er?s=1795&lid=22388&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="1j5N5TSa3UNUkQZXdHHopw9" style="padding:8px 12px;text-transform:uppercase;color:rgb(255,255,255);font-size:12px;line-height:1em;text-decoration:none;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(204,0,0)">LEARN MORE</a></div></td><td style="width:160px;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle" align="center" valign="middle" width="160"><img alt="" src="https://access.redhat.com/webassets/avalon/g/emails/g_warning-red.png" border="0"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" height="40"><img alt="" src="http://images.engage.redhat.com/EloquaImages/clients/RedHat/%7B5f3a1800-61c2-4d43-8e93-74ddc45699c9%7D_spacer.gif" border="0" height="40" width="1"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size:13px;line-height:1.5em;color:rgb(51,51,51);padding:20px;background:none repeat scroll 0% 0% rgb(255,255,255)" width="100%"><p>Red Hat Product Security is aware of a critical vulnerability in the glibc library. This vulnerability is commonly known as GHOST and has been assigned<span class=""> </span><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er?s=1795&lid=22389&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="2LzK9BI3nNxL5wI-dnJeyw1" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><strong>CVE-2015-0235</strong></a>.</p><p>GHOST is a 'buffer overflow' bug affecting the gethostbyname() and gethostbyname2() function calls in the glibc library. This vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.</p><p>The gethostbyname() function calls are used for DNS resolving, which is a very common event. To exploit this vulnerability, an attacker must trigger a buffer overflow by supplying an invalid hostname argument to an application that then calls gethostbyname().</p><p><strong>The easiest way to check vulnerability and/or confirm remediation is the Red Hat Access Lab:<span class=""> </span><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er?s=1795&lid=22390&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="hkssvymtmxYUucuD2cMS_Q8" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><strong>GHOST - gethostbyname Detector</strong></a></strong></p><p>For more information, please see this Red Hat Customer Portal<span class=""> </span><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er?s=1795&lid=22388&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="fOT_4wouUjOdRE97am_SkQ4" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><strong>Knowledge Article</strong></a>.</p><p>If you have questions or concerns, please contact<span class=""> </span><a href="http://app.engage.redhat.com/e/er?s=1795&lid=22391&elq=b9bd25708d3b41e59e6ea64e0f71e791" target="Dd93hVdSmiuDPEUYeLBwpQ7" style="color:rgb(0,102,204)"><strong>Red Hat Technical Support</strong></a>.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">
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