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From: Aaron Bauman <bman@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 201908-06 ] glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2019 16:12:14
Message-Id: 20190815153948.GA861995@bubba.lan
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 201908-06
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: August 15, 2019
10 Bugs: #609386, #635012, #672228
11 ID: 201908-06
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 sys-libs/glibc < 2.28-r4 >= 2.28-r4
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34 Description
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37 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in glibc. Please review
38 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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40 Impact
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43 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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45 Workaround
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48 There is no known workaround at this time.
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50 Resolution
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53 All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
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55 # emerge --sync
56 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.28-r4"
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58 References
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61 [ 1 ] CVE-2015-8985
62 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8985
63 [ 2 ] CVE-2016-6263
64 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6263
65 [ 3 ] CVE-2018-19591
66 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19591
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68 Availability
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71 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
72 the Gentoo Security Website:
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74 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-06
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76 Concerns?
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79 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
80 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
81 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
82 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
83 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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85 License
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88 Copyright 2019 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
89 belongs to its owner(s).
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91 The contents of this document are licensed under the
92 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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94 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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