Security
Security
Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Bitcoin, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
| Package | net-p2p/bitcoind on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.20.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.20.1 |
| Package | net-p2p/bitcoin-qt on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.20.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.20.1 |
| Package | net-p2p/bitcoin-cli on all architectures |
|---|---|
| Affected versions | < 0.20.1 |
| Unaffected versions | >= 0.20.1 |
Bitcoin Core consists of both “full-node” software for fully validating the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet.
Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bitcoin. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.
There is no known workaround at this time.
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"
Release date
September 30, 2020
Latest revision
September 30, 2020: 1
Severity
normal
Exploitable
remote
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