Linux Ghost Vulnerability: A GHOST in the….Linux….Wires
NopSec
JANUARY 27, 2015
Our partner Qualys discovered a new vulnerability nick-named “GHOST” (called as such because it can be triggered by the GetHOST functions) and worked with most of the Linux operating system distributions to patch it as of January 27th 2015. The GHOST vulnerability is a serious weakness in the Linux glibc library. It allows attackers to remotely take complete control of the victim system without having any prior knowledge of system credentials.
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