Linux Distributions Impacted By High-Severity Glibc Bug

Researchers are urging security teams to prioritize the patching of a buffer overflow flaw in GNU C Library (glibc) that is what they call “a pressing concern” for numerous Linux distributions.

Glibc, which is the C library implementation in the GNU system, defines system calls and other basic functionalities and exists in most systems running the Linux kernel. This flaw is severe due to both its impact and the extensive use of glibc across Linux distributions. If exploited, the flaw …

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