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GLSA-202101-20 : glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 145333

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Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-202101-20 (glibc: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 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.

Solution

All glibc users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=sys-libs/glibc-2.32-r5'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202101-20

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 145333

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-202101-20.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 1/25/2021

Updated: 1/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-6096

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:glibc, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10228, CVE-2020-1752, CVE-2020-29562, CVE-2020-29573, CVE-2020-6096

GLSA: 202101-20