GHOST: glibc vulnerability (CVE-2015-0235)

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Hi,

A critical security vulnerability has been discovered in glibc code. Potentially, a remote exploit is possible. It affects all versions of glibc shipped with all versions and variants of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Updated packages that fix the problem are available. All users are advised to update.

Please, see the following KB article for more detailed information (incl. links to respective errata). Red Hat has also prepared a lab for testing whether your system is vulnerable:

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