glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202006-04

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

Affected packages

sys-libs/glibc on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.30-r8
Unaffected versions >= 2.30-r8

Background

glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.

Description

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

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.30-r8"
 

References

Release date
June 13, 2020

Latest revision
June 13, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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