GLIBC DNS Vulnerability

You need to update your Linux server's installation of glibc immediately to protect it from a stack-based buffer overflow which was discovered on February 16, 2016.

You only need to perform this update if you have a VPS or dedicated server. Customers with shared hosting accounts do not need to do anything.

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Update glibc myself

1. Connect to your server via SSH.
2. Run one of the following commands, based on your OS:

   OS	Do this...
   CentOS 6+ Fedora 22+ Red Hat 10+	sudo yum -y update glibc glibc-common glibc-devel glibc-headers glibc-static glibc-utils nscd
   Ubuntu 12.04+	sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --only-upgrade libc6
   CentOS 5	Nothing - this OS is not affected
   Other OSes	See Unsupported operating systems (GLIBC DNS vulnerability)

Your version of glibc should now be updated.

Next step

• Test your server for the glibc DNS vulnerability