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Gentoo: GLSA-201908-06 Normal: glibc Denial Of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey August 15, 2019
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Several security flaws identified in glibc could lead to Denial of Service risks. It is advisable to perform an upgrade to enhance protection.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in glibc. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues glibc Denial of Service normal severity

Resolution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.28-r4"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2015-8985 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8985 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-6263 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6263 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-19591 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19591

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
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Concerns

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.

Severity: Normal
Title: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: August 15, 2019
Bugs: #609386, #635012, #672228
ID: 201908-06

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo multiple issues glibc Denial of Service normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-libs/glibc < 2.28-r4 >= 2.28-r4

Impact

===== Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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