{"id":9690,"date":"2015-05-14T12:56:29","date_gmt":"2015-05-14T17:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=9690"},"modified":"2015-05-14T13:13:17","modified_gmt":"2015-05-14T18:13:17","slug":"rebootless-venom-vulnerability-patch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/rebootless-venom-vulnerability-patch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebootless Venom Vulnerability Patch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, it seems like new exploits are appearing more and more often these days.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right; padding-right: 5px; padding-left: 5px; padding-top: 0px;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"venom fix\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/venom.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"213\" \/><\/div>\n<p>  The most recent exploit to make headlines is known as CVE-2015-3456, aka &#8220;Venom.&#8221;  Ultimately this exploit, much like many before it, can allow a malicious individual to gain root privileges on a server.<\/p>\n<p>However, we are not posting this blog to expound on this latest exploit, rather our security experts have developed a procedure to effectively patch this vulnerability without necessitating a reboot.  We felt it would be in the best interest of the community at large to release this information as quickly as possible, therefore we have launched <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venomfix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VenomFix.com<\/a> in order to provide this resource and information to the public at large.<\/p>\n<p>We are providing this resource simply as a counter-measure against this exploit; this patch carries no guarantee, implied or otherwise.  <\/p>\n<p>For full information, please visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venomfix.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">VenomFix.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unfortunately, it seems like new exploits are appearing more and more often these days. The most recent exploit to make headlines is known as CVE-2015-3456, aka &#8220;Venom.&#8221; Ultimately this exploit, much like many before it, can allow a malicious individual to gain root privileges on a server. 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