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Gentoo: GLSA-202006-04 Denial of Service Found in glibc

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Calendar Grey June 12, 2020
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Investigate various vulnerabilities within glibc that could lead to Denial of Service scenarios, and review the recommended remedial actions.
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 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-2.30-r8"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2019-6488 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-6488 [ 2 ] CVE-2019-7309 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-7309 [ 3 ] CVE-2019-9169 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9169 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-10029 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-10029 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-1751 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1751

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-04
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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: June 13, 2020
Bugs: #677272, #679044, #711558, #717938, #719472
ID: 202006-04

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo 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 < 2.30-r8 >= 2.30-r8

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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