GHOST: Another Security Bug Hits Linux, But is it That Bad?

Posted by Mcusanelli on Feb 4, 2015 4:42 PM CST
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GHOST, a newly announced security vulnerability that affects Linux servers and other systems that use the open source glibc library, is not as dangerous to data privacy as the Shellshock or Heartbleed bugs.

Heartbleed is not even a year behind us, and the open source world has been hit with another major security vulnerability in the form of GHOST, which involves holes in the Linux glibc library. This time, though, the actual danger may not live up to the hype.

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