Want a good tech job? Then you need to know Linux and open-source software. One of the best ways to learn is via a Linux Foundation course. Read now The first problem wasn't that bad. As Siddhesh ...

Google and Red Hat have linked up to deliver a patch for a serious bug in the GNU C Library, or glibc, which is widely used in Linux applications, distributions and devices. Anyone running a Linux ...

eWEEK content and product recommendations are editorially independent. We may make money when you click on links to our partners. Learn More. Linux users today are scrambling to patch a critical flaw ...

Unprivileged attackers can get root access on multiple major Linux distributions in default configurations by exploiting a newly disclosed local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in the GNU C ...

A critical vulnerability in glibc, the GNU C library, affects all Linux machines and many web frameworks, opening the door to remote code execution. Glibc, the GNU C library at the core of last year’s ...

Security researchers from the Qualys Threat Research Unit (TRU) have uncovered a new buffer overflow vulnerability within the GNU C Library's dynamic loader, shedding light on this flaw's potential ...

Security researchers appear somewhat divided over the extent of the danger posed by a major bug in a shared library used in thousands of Linux-based applications and systems worldwide. Researchers at ...

A critical remote code execution vulnerability in the GNU C library glibc affects all Linux systems going back to 2000. A critical vulnerability has been found in glibc, the GNU C library, that ...

A major vulnerability in the GNU C Library could result in remote code execution, and may affect most Linux machines. The vulnerability affects all version of the GNU C Library, commonly known as ...

Attackers can now gain root privileges on millions of Linux systems — by exploiting an easy-to-exploit, newly discovered buffer overflow flaw in a common library used on most major distributions of ...

Topic ===== A buffer overflow in the glob function of the glibc library exists. Since this function is called, e.g., by the ftp daemon this bug can lead to a remote root exploit. It is strongly ...

I'm wanting to run a copy of Linux in a VM for helping with renders and the software says that I need a 64-bit Linux with glibc 2.5. Is there a standard distro that's easy to use (I'll need to open a ...