Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202009-18

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

Affected packages

net-p2p/bitcoind on all architectures
Affected versions < 0.20.1
Unaffected versions >= 0.20.1
net-p2p/bitcoin-qt on all architectures
Affected versions < 0.20.1
Unaffected versions >= 0.20.1
net-p2p/bitcoin-cli on all architectures
Affected versions < 0.20.1
Unaffected versions >= 0.20.1

Background

Bitcoin Core consists of both “full-node” software for fully validating the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bitcoin. 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 bitcoind users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoind-0.20.1"
 

All bitcoin-qt users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoin-qt-0.20.1"
 

All bitcoin-cli users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoin-cli-0.20.1"
 

References

Release date
September 30, 2020

Latest revision
September 30, 2020: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
remote

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