Problemy z xinetd w RH ... a u nas ?

[Andrzej Krzysztofowicz]

Czy ktos obserwowal u nas ponizszy problem z xinetd ?
Moze powinnismy pojsc w slady RH ?

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> List-Id: <bugtraq.list-id.securityfocus.com>
> Delivered-To: mailing list bugtraq w securityfocus.com
> Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 17:09:08 -0500 (EST)
> From: Ryan Cleary <tryanc w interdimensions.com>
> To: Dan Rowles <d.rowles w outcometechnologies.com>
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: [RHSA-2002:196-09] Updated xinetd packages fix denial of
>  service vulnerability]
> Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0212051658550.20888-100000 w coruscant.interdimensions.com>
> 
[...]
> Red Hat is using the "epoch" field in the RPM metadata to allow you to
> automatically "upgrade" (or freshen) from 2.3.9 (epoch 1) back to 2.3.7
> (epoch 2).
> 
> They rolled back to 2.3.7 because 2.3.9 was leaving stale TCP connections 
> in the CLOSE_WAIT state, according to their bugzilla database:
> http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=76146 for more info.
> 
> Ryan Cleary
> SysAdmin
> Interdimenions Corp.

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