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Re: glibc bug - time to patch



Lisi Reisz:
> On Wednesday 28 January 2015 13:25:20 iain@thargoid.co.uk wrote:
>>> 
>>> https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3142
>>> http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/283
>>> 
>>> especially the second link mention network-facing software which is not
>>> vulnerable due to proper sanitization out of glibc.
>> 
>> Indeed, however you will notice that the list on the second link does
>> not contain exim, the default SMTP server software for debian. This was
>> used for proof-of-concept code.
>> 
>> http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2015/q1/274
> 
> So Wheezy users who use Exim are at risk?

Yes.

> But it surely then follows that Wheezy users who do not use Exim, or
> even have it installed, are not at risk?

No. The bug is in the most basic C library. I would assume that all
systems with a vulnerable libc are at risk and update as soon as
possible.

J.
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