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From: Sam James <sam@g.o>
To: gentoo-announce@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 202009-18 ] Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:24:23
Message-Id: D1C0A48C-0E14-433C-906B-5CA4786D8EA8@gentoo.org
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 202009-18
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: September 30, 2020
10 Bugs: #711198
11 ID: 202009-18
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Bitcoin, the worst of which
19 could result in a Denial of Service condition.
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21 Background
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24 Bitcoin Core consists of both “full-node” software for fully validating
25 the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 net-p2p/bitcoind < 0.20.1 >= 0.20.1
34 2 net-p2p/bitcoin-qt < 0.20.1 >= 0.20.1
35 3 net-p2p/bitcoin-cli < 0.20.1 >= 0.20.1
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37 3 affected packages
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39 Description
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42 Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bitcoin. Please review
43 the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
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45 Impact
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48 Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
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50 Workaround
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53 There is no known workaround at this time.
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55 Resolution
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58 All bitcoind users should upgrade to the latest version:
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60 # emerge --sync
61 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoind-0.20.1"
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63 All bitcoin-qt users should upgrade to the latest version:
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65 # emerge --sync
66 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoin-qt-0.20.1"
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68 All bitcoin-cli users should upgrade to the latest version:
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70 # emerge --sync
71 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=net-p2p/bitcoin-cli-0.20.1"
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73 References
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76 [ 1 ] CVE-2019-15947
77 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-15947
78 [ 2 ] CVE-2020-14198
79 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14198
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81 Availability
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84 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
85 the Gentoo Security Website:
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87 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202009-18
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89 Concerns?
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92 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
93 confidentiality and security of our users' machines is of utmost
94 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
95 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
96 https://bugs.gentoo.org.
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98 License
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101 Copyright 2020 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
102 belongs to its owner(s).
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104 The contents of this document are licensed under the
105 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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107 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

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