Should read updated to libc6 2.21-9, not 2.21.0.
.
I expressed my concern about the following news item to Klaus K:
http://www.eweek.com/security/linux-...libc-flaw.html
His comment on this was the following:
I did this on my Knoppix 7.6.1 LiveUSB, and it updated my libc6 to 2.21.0,Me too, since all glibc >= 2.9 versions till today are affected, with
the glibc on Knoppix being no exception.
For exploiting the vulnerability, the attacker must own the directly
queried DNS server (i.e. the users access point, or the ISPs DNS server)
and send manipulated DNS replies from there, or be able to hijack TCP
connections, and in most cases, programs will just crash on the
getaddrinfo() library call, but code injection on the stack may be
possible. Though an attack isn't really easy, it's a real possibility.
The easy commandline method (for USB flash disk users) for fixing the
problem, thanks to debian's quick reaction in the unstable branch, would be:
sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -t unstable libc6
which also updates libc6 dependencies.
and didn't take up much space on my reiserfs persistence.
IMO, it may be wise to make this interim correction, since updating the
whole 4Gb Knoppix iso might not happen right away.
Should read updated to libc6 2.21-9, not 2.21.0.
Last edited by utu; 02-23-2016 at 01:33 AM.
Regarding libc6...
http://www.linux-magazine.com/Issues/2016/187/Ask-Klaus
You don't need to buy the article, just see the first post here.
Last edited by utu; 05-13-2016 at 06:07 PM.
ALLEN BRADLEY 281G-F12S-10B-RRG-CBG /C AMORSTART MODULE 280G-FS-10-RG STK 2911
$332.50
Intel Core i5-8500 Six Core Desktop PC CPU Processor 3.00GHz LGA1151 SR3XE
$49.99
Intel Core i9-12900KF - 12th Gen Alder Lake 16-Core (8P+8E) 3.2GHz LGA CPU
$262.99
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Gaming Processor - 12 Core And 24 Threads - 5.60 GHz Max Boo
$349.99
Intel Core i5-7600 3.8GHz Quad-Core Processor SR334 LGA1151
$34.99
Intel Core i7-14700KF Unlocked Desktop Processor
$430.64
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Desktop Processor (4.9GHz, 16 Cores, Socket AM4) Box -...
$279.95
Intel Core i7-3770K 3.5GHz Quad-Core (BX80637I73770K) Processor
$49.00
Intel Xeon E5-2673 v4 20-Core 2.30GHz 50MB 9.60GT/s 135W Processor SR2KE
$78.99
Intel Core i5-8500 3.00GHz SR3XE Socket 1151 6 Core CPU Processor
$55.00