GLSA 202310-03: glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	high
Title:	glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	10/04/2023
Bugs:	#867952, #914281, #915127
ID:	202310-03

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities in glibc could result in Local Privilege Escalation.

Background

glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
sys-libs/glibc	< 2.37-r7	>= 2.37-r7	All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in glibc. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

An attacker could elevate privileges from a local user to root.

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-2.37-r7"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202310-03.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.