Thanks.

Andras


On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 17:19:00 +0400
Vladimir Mosgalin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Hi Andras Horvath!
> 
>  On 2014.08.30 at 13:23:34 +0200, Andras Horvath wrote next:
> 
> > Does the recent glibc update need a reboot to fully take effect?
> 
> If you think the vulnerabilities
> (https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1110.html) might be exploited
> on your system for long-running applications, you need a reboot;
> personally I think it's unlikely, because locales are loaded only at
> applications startup (and they will start with new glibc from now on),
> so "directory traveral flaw" can't be exploited, and supplying arguments
> to iconv call for already running applications like system services
> isn't likely too.
> 
> On production system, I'd be satisfied with restarting long-running
> software that might use different iconv calls in runtime, like database
> server (unless it's strictly for internal use). But if you worried, do a
> full reboot, it's the only way to reload glibc for some system
> applications (okay there are technically other ways, like going into
> single user mode, restarting init then going back, but it's just not
> worth it).
>