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title: "GHOST glibc Vulnerability Patched"
description: "Issue: GHOST glibc Vulnerability Patched (CVE-2015-0235) Status: Our Systems Architecture team has patched all servers at this time. Who is impacted?None of InMotion Hosting's customers should be..."
url: https://www.inmotionhosting.com/support/website/ghost-glib-vulnerability-patched/
date: 2015-01-28
modified: 2015-01-28
author: "InMotion Hosting Contributor"
categories: ["Website"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# GHOST glibc Vulnerability Patched

| Issue: | **GHOST** glibc Vulnerability Patched (**CVE-2015-0235**) |
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| Status: | Our Systems Architecture team has patched all servers at this time. |
| Who is impacted? | None of InMotion Hosting’s customers should be affected |

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Estimated time until resolution:
At this time all servers have been patched.

## Additional information about CVE-2015-0235:

On January 27th, 2015 a buffer overflow was discovered and disclosed within the __nss_hostname_digits_dots() function of the GNU C Library (glibc). This bug is reachable both locally and remotely via the gethostbyname*() functions. Like all serious vulnerabilities recently, it has been given an affectionate nickname of “**GHOST**“. Read the original security announcement here: [**CVE-2015-0235**](https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/01/27/9).