Glibc Buffer Overflow "GHOST" vulnerability

A vulnerability was identified in Glibc. A remote user can execute arbitrary code on the target system. A local user can obtain elevated privileges on the target system.

A remote or local user can send specially crafted data to trigger a buffer overflow in __nss_hostname_digits_dots() and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target application or service using the glibc library.

The buffer overflow can be accessed via the various gethostbyname() functions.