On Tuesday, April 19, 2011 02:07:04 AM Ron Blizzard wrote: > On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Tom Sorensen <tsorensen at gmail.com> wrote: > > There is a known issue with one of the security updates on that > > version of glibc. > > > > That said, it's still *highly* recommended that you update. There are > > four CVEs closed by this glibc update, one of which is potentially a > > remote privilege escalation (and that one is NOT the one that is > > causing the issue). > > > > If, for some reason, you cannot update then you should seriously > > consider whether or not those systems can connect to the Internet, or > > if you should get the glibc from Scientific Linux that has the 3 > > patches that do not cause an issue in the meantime. > > For clarification, this bug is only known to be affecting Evolution > and Gnome-Panel, correct? Those are the only known problems with this glibc version. We've been running ~2000 servers with the update and no problems for ~2 weeks. /Peter > If so, for most servers, the update should > not be a concern. ... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 198 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20110419/a0870723/attachment-0003.sig>