On Wed, Feb 17, 2016 at 12:12 PM Andrew Barnert via Python-Dev < python-dev@python.org> wrote:
> On Feb 17, 2016, at 10:44, MRAB <pyt...@mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote: > > > > Is this something that we need to worry about? > > > > Extremely severe bug leaves dizzying number of software and devices > vulnerable > > > http://arstechnica.com/security/2016/02/extremely-severe-bug-leaves-dizzying-number-of-apps-and-devices-vulnerable/ > > Is there a workaround that Python and/or Python apps should be doing, or > is this just a matter of everyone on glibc 2.9+ needs to update their glibc? > There are no workarounds that we could put within Python. People need to update their glibc and reboot. All *useful(*)* Linux distros have already released update packages. All of the infrastructure running Linux needs the update applied and a reboot (I'm guessing our infrastructure peeps have already done that). But this also includes Linux buildbots run by our random set of buildbot donors. -gps (*) off topic: Raspbian Wheezy is apparently not on the useful list.
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