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<glsa id="201908-06">
  <title>glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities</title>
  <synopsis>Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in glibc, the worst of
    which could result in a Denial of Service condition.
  </synopsis>
  <product type="ebuild">glibc</product>
  <announced>2019-08-15</announced>
  <revised count="1">2019-08-15</revised>
  <bug>609386</bug>
  <bug>635012</bug>
  <bug>672228</bug>
  <access>local, remote</access>
  <affected>
    <package name="sys-libs/glibc" auto="yes" arch="*">
      <unaffected range="ge">2.28-r4</unaffected>
      <vulnerable range="lt">2.28-r4</vulnerable>
    </package>
  </affected>
  <background>
    <p>glibc is a package that contains the GNU C library.</p>
  </background>
  <description>
    <p>Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in glibc. Please review
      the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
    </p>
  </description>
  <impact type="normal">
    <p>Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.</p>
  </impact>
  <workaround>
    <p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
  </workaround>
  <resolution>
    <p>All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
    
    <code>
      # emerge --sync
      # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "&gt;=sys-libs/glibc-2.28-r4"
    </code>
  </resolution>
  <references>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-8985">CVE-2015-8985</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6263">CVE-2016-6263</uri>
    <uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-19591">CVE-2018-19591</uri>
  </references>
  <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2019-08-03T12:43:48Z">b-man</metadata>
  <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2019-08-15T15:38:53Z">b-man</metadata>
</glsa>
