Bitcoin: Multiple vulnerabilities

Background

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

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"