GLSA 202009-18: Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Severity:normal
Title:Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:09/30/2020
Bugs: #711198
ID:202009-18

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in Bitcoin, the worst of which could result in a Denial of Service condition.

Background

Bitcoin Core consists of both “full-node” software for fully validating the blockchain as well as a bitcoin wallet.

Affected packages

Package Vulnerable Unaffected Architecture(s)
net-p2p/bitcoin-cli < 0.20.1 >= 0.20.1 All supported architectures
net-p2p/bitcoin-qt < 0.20.1 >= 0.20.1 All supported architectures
net-p2p/bitcoind < 0.20.1 >= 0.20.1 All supported architectures

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Bitcoin. 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 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"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-202009-18.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.

License

Copyright 2010 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

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