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Gentoo: GLSA 202402-01 High: glibc Local Privilege Escalation

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Calendar Grey February 2, 2024
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
OpenSUSE Security Update SUSE-2024-02-01 underscores critical flaws in OpenSSL that compromise encrypted communication integrity.
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 high severity security issue gentoo local privilege escalation software update glibc

Resolution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.38-r10"

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2023-5156 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-5156 [ 2 ] CVE-2023-6246 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6246 [ 3 ] CVE-2023-6779 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6779 [ 4 ] CVE-2023-6780 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-6780 [ 5 ] GLIBC-SA-2024-0001 [ 6 ] GLIBC-SA-2024-0002 [ 7 ] GLIBC-SA-2024-0003

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202402-01
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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: High
Title: glibc: Multiple Vulnerabilities
Date: February 02, 2024
Bugs: #918412, #923352
ID: 202402-01

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Topics Covered

security advisory high severity security issue gentoo local privilege escalation software update glibc

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 < 2.38-r10 >= 2.38-r10

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

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