{"id":4103,"date":"2015-01-30T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.knowledgement.ie\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2015-01-30T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2015-01-30T09:00:39","slug":"what-is-ghost-vulnerability-in-linux-serversdesktops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.targetintegration.com\/en_in\/what-is-ghost-vulnerability-in-linux-serversdesktops\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Ghost Vulnerability in Linux Servers\/Desktops?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Are you running a Linux server in your business or for your website or CRM? Then there is a possibility that it is affected with the Ghost Vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wondering what is Ghost Vulnerability?<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">It is a serious security problem found in the GNU C Library (Glibc) called Ghost.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>How do I\u00a0verify that my\u00a0server is vulnerable or not?<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">A list of operating systems affected is as below:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) version 5.x, 6.x and 7.x<\/li>\n<li>CentOS Linux version 5.x, 6.x &amp; 7.x<\/li>\n<li>Ubuntu Linux version 10.04, 12.04 LTS<\/li>\n<li>Debian Linux version 7.x<\/li>\n<li>Linux Mint version 13.0<\/li>\n<li>Fedora Linux version 19 or older<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and older (also OpenSuse Linux 11 or older versions)<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 LTSS<\/li>\n<li>SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3<\/li>\n<li>Arch Linux glibc version &lt;= 2.18-1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>My server is listed above, how do I fix this vulnerability?<\/strong><br \/>\nOne way is you can use the script provided by a number of different blog posts on the internet. 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