How To Protect Your Linux Server Against the GHOST Vulnerability
On January 27, 2015, a GNU C Library (glibc) vulnerability, referred to as the GHOST vulnerability, was announced to the general public. In summary, the vulnerability allows remote attackers to take complete control of a system by exploiting a buffer overflow bug in glibc. It is highly recommended that you update and reboot all of your affected Linux servers. We will show you how to test if your systems are vulnerable and, if they are, how to update glibc to fix the vulnerability.
