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Gentoo: GLSA 202107-48 Normal: Systemd Denial Of Service Exploit

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Calendar Grey July 20, 2021
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Gentoo Linux Advisory GLSA 202107-49 outlines security flaws within OpenSSL that could result in unauthorized access to sensitive information.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in systemd, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Summary

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

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues normal severity systemd

Resolution

All systemd users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-apps/systemd-248.5"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2020-13529 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-13529 [ 2 ] CVE-2021-33910 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-33910

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-48
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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: systemd: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: July 20, 2021
Bugs: #789399, #803041
ID: 202107-48

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Topics Covered

security advisory denial of service gentoo multiple issues normal severity systemd

Synopsis

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

Background

A system and service manager.

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Affected Packages

------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 sys-apps/systemd < 248.5 >= 248.5

Impact

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

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.