Glibc: Mega bug may hit thousands of devices

[shaggytwodope]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-35592916

Significance for LL users??

While its generally just fine to pay attention to news in this field, it's rarely going to explain things in much detail. And be aware of  scare tactics to get more clicks/views.

But in this case, you'll want to check out https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu...03305.html And here for far more details on the extact issue reported in that article https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/201...00416.html


If security updates and warnings are of interest to you, I suggest checking out the related mailing lists. And never be afraid to ask or point out a new security issue of this scope. (Your favorite image viewer may not be the end of the world.)