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Gentoo: GLSA-202101-21 Normal: libxml2 Security Vulnerabilities

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Calendar Grey January 24, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Critical notice regarding glibc patching various flaws that may enable arbitrary code execution. Update immediately!
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

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 gentoo code execution glibc arbitrary execution multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Resolution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.32-r5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2016-10228 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10228 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-1752 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-1752 [ 3 ] CVE-2020-29562 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29562 [ 4 ] CVE-2020-29573 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-29573 [ 5 ] CVE-2020-6096 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-6096

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20
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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: January 25, 2021
Bugs: #611344, #717058, #720730, #758359
ID: 202101-20

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo gentoo code execution glibc arbitrary execution multiple vulnerabilities normal severity

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Background

glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-libs/glibc < 2.32-r5 >= 2.32-r5

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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