RHBA-2008:0705 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated xinetd package that addresses various bugs is now available.

Description

Xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd, the Internet services daemon.
Xinetd provides access control for all services based on the address of the
remote host and/or on time of access and can prevent denial-of-access
attacks. Each service has its own specific configuration file for Xinetd;
the files are located in the /etc/xinetd.d directory.

This updated xinetd package includes fixes for the following bugs:

• the xinetd daemon would only stop half of all service processes when a

service was disabled and xinetd was instructed to re-read the configuration
files. This has been fixed so that xinetd correctly stops all processes.

• the xinetd daemon no longer crashes when a service hits its log file size

limit.

• the xinetd.log man page was in the wrong man section, and has been moved

to the correct one (the "man 5 xinetd.log" now works).

• the default /etc/xinetd.conf configuration file listed incorrect default

values for the 'cps' option. The values have been updated in the
configuration file to reflect the actual default values.

Users are advised to upgrade to this updated xinetd package, which resolves
these issues.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc

Fixes

• BZ - 117746 - xinetd.log man page in wrong section

CVEs

(none)

References

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