glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202101-20

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of which could result in the arbitrary execution of code.

Affected packages

sys-libs/glibc on all architectures
Affected versions < 2.32-r5
Unaffected versions >= 2.32-r5

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-2.32-r5"
 

References

Release date
January 25, 2021

Latest revision
January 25, 2021: 1

Severity
normal

Exploitable
local, remote

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