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Ghost to the Shell
During a code audit, researchers at Qualys discovered a buffer overflow in the __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function of glibc which can get access to the shell. The GHOST vulnerability is a serious weakness in the Linux glibc library. It allows attackers to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, gethost, GHOST, Linux, qualys, vulnerability
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