glibc: Multiple Vulnerabilities — GLSA 202402-01

Multiple vulnerabilities in glibc could result in Local Privilege Escalation.

Affected packages

sys-libs/glibc on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.38-r10
Unaffected versions >= 2.38-r10

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-2.38-r10"
 

References

Release date
February 02, 2024

Latest revision
February 02, 2024: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
local and remote

Bugzilla entries