Ghost gethost attack

[Istimsak Abdulbasir]

Can't say for sure if what you are asking is possible. You will have to
upgrade the entire system if there is not a back-port for glibc.

Have you tried performing a clean install? There has mention of a
complication upgrading from 12.04 to 14.04. Some drivers will have to be
removed along with some third party software.
On Mar 27, 2015 11:11 PM, "American Sentry Systems, Inc." <
mail at americansentry.net> wrote:

> I just read in a security tade journal about the "Ghost" attach.  I seems
> that it stems from the glibc library.  I was surprised that not much was
> mentioned about since the security concerns were announced in January,
> 2015.  It seems that Ubuntu 14.04 fixed the issue but 12.04 did not.
> Between that I did not see clear documentation.
>
> My question: Can I just check the date of the glibc file on my computer,
> and if it is not of a certain date, then replace it?  My issue is that some
> of my computers are running 14.04, but one is not, and I am unable to
> upgrade it, as when I did, things stopped working and it moved the prior
> version to a different filesystem, from which I use the computer.
>
> tia,
>
> John
>
>
>
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