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RHEL 2.1 : xinetd (RHSA-2003:161)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 12393

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

Updated xinetd packages fix a security vulnerability and other bugs.

Xinetd is a master server that is used to to accept service connection requests and start the appropriate servers.

Because of a programming error, memory was allocated and never freed if a connection was refused for any reason. An attacker could exploit this flaw to crash the xinetd server, rendering all services it controls unavailable.

In addition, other flaws in xinetd could cause incorrect operation in certain unusual server configurations.

All users of xinetd are advised to update to the packages listed in this erratum, which contain an upgrade to xinetd-2.3.11 and are not vulnerable to these issues.

Solution

Update the affected xinetd package.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2003-0211

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003:161

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 12393

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2003-161.nasl

Version: 1.27

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/6/2004

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:xinetd, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Patch Publication Date: 5/22/2003

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2003

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-0211

RHSA: 2003:161