Our Security team has been made aware of a Glibc Security Vulnerability that was announced earlier this month. Refer https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2015-7547 for more details on this vulnerability.

Details on glibc can be found here

Impact:

This vulnerability could allow a remote user to execute code as a privileged user and hence has been highlighted as Critical by Red Hat Product Security.

Affected Products :-

All versions of the glibc package were affected by this flaw.

Resolution:-

Step 1: You need to update the glibc package on the server.


For CentOS server, you can do this by running the command: 

yum -y upgrade glibc


For Unbuntu server, you can do this by running the command:

apt-get install --only-upgrade libc6 -y


Step 2 : Reboot the server.


In case you have any questions we request you to contact the Support Team immediately.

Wednesday, February 24, 2016





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