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Gentoo GLSA-202310-03 Critical: glibc Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey October 4, 2023
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
Important notice GLSA 202310-04 highlights vulnerabilities in libc, risking unauthorized elevation of privileges. Ensure to assess and update without delay.
Multiple vulnerabilities in glibc could result in Local Privilege Escalation.

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 critical local privilege escalation software update glibc system library

Resolution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.37-r7"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2022-39046 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-39046 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-4527 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4527 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-4806 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4806 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-4911 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-4911

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202310-03
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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.

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Severity: High
Title: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: October 04, 2023
Bugs: #867952, #914281, #915127
ID: 202310-03

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Topics Covered

security advisory Gentoo critical local privilege escalation software update glibc system library

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in glibc could result in Local Privilege Escalation.

Background

glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.

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Affected Packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected -------------- ------------ ------------ sys-libs/glibc < 2.37-r7 >= 2.37-r7

Impact

An attacker could elevate privileges from a local user to root.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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