A heap-based buffer overflow was found in glibc"s __nss_hostname_digits_dots function, which is used by the gethostbyname and gethostbyname2 glibc function calls. A remote attacker able to make an application call either of these functions could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.Special notes:Because of the exceptional nature of this security event, we have backfilled our 2014.03 and 2013.09 Amazon Linux AMI repositories with new glibc packages that fix CVE-2015-0235 .For 2014.09 Amazon Linux AMIs, glibc-2.17-55.93.amzn1 addresses the CVE. Running yum clean all followed by yum update glibc will install the fixed package, and you should reboot your instance after installing the update.For Amazon Linux AMIs "locked" to the 2014.03 repositories, the same glibc-2.17-55.93.amzn1 addresses the CVE. Running yum clean all followed by yum update glibc will install the fixed package, and you should reboot your instance after installing the update.For Amazon Linux AMIs "locked" to the 2013.09 repositories, glibc-2.12-1.149.49.amzn1 addresses the CVE. Running yum clean all followed by yum update glibc will install the fixed package, and you should reboot your instance after installing the update.For Amazon Linux AMIs "locked" to the 2013.03, 2012.09, 2012.03, or 2011.09 repositories, run yum clean all followed by yum --releasever=2013.09 update glibc to install the updated glibc package. You should reboot your instance after installing the update.If you are using a pre-2011.09 Amazon Linux AMI, then you are using a version of the Amazon Linux AMI that was part of our public beta, and we encourage you to move to a newer version of the Amazon Linux AMI as soon as possible.