[PLDSA 57-1] New xinetd packages fix information leak

[Krzysiek Taraszka]

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PLD Security Advisory PLDSA 57-1                       security at pld.org.pl
http://www.pld.org.pl/security/                          PLD Security Team
19 April 2003				http://www.pld.org.pl/security/faq
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Package        : prior to xinetd-2.3.9-1
Vulnerability  : information leak
Problem-Type   : local
PLD-specific   : no
CVE references : CAN-2003-0211

Steve Grubb discovered a problem in the xinetd - a memory leaks could 
lead to a denial of service.

The above problems have been fixed in version 2.3.11-1 for the
current stable distribution (ra).

We recommend that you upgrade your xinetd packages.

wget -c url
	will fetch the file for you
rpm -Uhv file(s)*.rpm
        will upgrade the referenced file.

If you are using "poldek" - the package manager, use the line as given below
for upgrade packages

poldek --update
        will update the internal database
poldek --upgrade 'xinetd*'
        will install corrected packages

If you are using "apt" - the package manager, use the line as given below
for upgrade packages

apt-get update
        will update the internal database
apt-get upgrade 'xinetd*'
        will install corrected packages

PLD Linux 1.0 alias ra
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  Source archives:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/SRPMS/xinetd-2.3.11-1.src.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 703485f1977fdfe7e3b39b24721235d5

  I386 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i386/xinetd-2.3.11-1.i386.rpm
       MD5 checksum: b254b6d27aad1b58ce29eabc5e77c49e


  I586 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i586/xinetd-2.3.11-1.i586.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 1e15c75f068fd55bc7cf5eca64bbe6b9


  I686 Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i686/xinetd-2.3.11-1.i686.rpm
       MD5 checksum: 16a5dd3780a571f243c26b4f14e5e9aa


  PowerPC Architecture components:

ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/ppc/xinetd-2.3.11-1.ppc.rpm
       MD5 checksum: de631fed4edae5eaab6ba1589cc47018


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If you are using poldek add this line to poldek.conf.
If you are using apt-get add this line to sources.list.

For i386 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i386/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i386 base updates-security
For i586 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i586/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i586 base updates-security
For i686 architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/i686/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/i686 base updates-security
For ppc architecture
poldek:         source = ra-updates-security ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists/ra/updates/security/ppc/
apt-get:        rpm ftp://ftp.pld.org.pl/dists ra/apt/ppc base updates-security