Ghost vulnerability

[Anssi Saari]

Rustom Mody <rustompmody at gmail.com> writes:

> How many people (actually machines) out here are vulnerable?
>
> http://security.stackexchange.com/questions/80210/ghost-bug-is-there-a-simple-way-to-test-if-my-system-is-secure
>
> shows a python 1-liner to check

Does that check actually work for anyone? That code didn't segfalt on my
vulnerable Debian system but it did on my router which isn't (since the
router doesn't use glibc). Oh and of course I can't comment on
stinkexchange since I don't have whatever mana points they require...