Does Glibc Vulnerability is important & very dangerous?

World

As the title.

UPDATE:
Most of my VPS's Glibc version is not 2.17~2.2,so it means even I don't update glibc still fine?

Regards.

jar

Yes

spidervenom

No! Just update your OS to patch Glibc

World

Most of my VPS's Glibc version is not 2.17~2.2,so it means even I don't update glibc still fine?

Mark_R

is glibc in centos6? what kind of exploit is it?

World

@Mark_R said:
is glibc in centos6? what kind of exploit is it?

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/9

Mark_R

thanks, time to trigger yum upgrade.

EDIT: nvm, Interworx panel already patched it automaticly

spidervenom

Ghost vulnerability has been fixed into major linux distribution...

msg7086

@World said:
Most of my VPS's Glibc version is not 2.17~2.2,so it means even I don't update glibc still fine?

Only affected versions are affected. Yes you can skip that if it's not affected at all.