Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
Package | sys-libs/glibc on all architectures |
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Affected versions | < 2.25-r11 |
Unaffected versions | >= 2.25-r11 |
glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in glibc. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
An attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code, escalate privileges, cause a Denial of Service condition, or have other unspecified impacts.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=sys-libs/glibc-2.25-r11"