glibc version check with ansible

Considering the recent glibc vulnerability, getting details regarding glibc versions can be a bit difficult when you are managing large server clusters with multiple OS versions. Configuration management tools like ansible becomes a real boon in here. For anyone who is not familiar with ansible, take a looks at the ansible intro page for details […]

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Critical glibc vulnerability CVE-2015-7547

What’s the glibc getaddrinfo vulnerability? Red Hat has updated details on the vulnerability. A stack-based buffer overflow was found in the way the libresolv library performed dual A/AAAA DNS queries. A remote attacker could create a specially crafted DNS response which could cause libresolv to crash or, potentially, execute code with the permissions of the user […]

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