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New Glibc Flaw Grants Attackers Root Access on Major Linux Distros (thehackernews.com)

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[–] swordsmanluke@programming.dev 8 points 9 months ago

glibc is the library that provides basic functionality for C programs. It provides the bottom level implementation for things like opening files, requesting memory, and other OS-level stuff.

glibc isn't the only implementation out there. Even on Linux, there are other options, such as muslc.

It gets updated regularly, as the C standard or operating system needs. So while it has been around for a very long time (by software standards anyway) it's still an active and evolving piece of software. --and one that underpins many critical functions of our systems.