Synopsis

xinetd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

An updated xinetd package that fixes one bug is now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 6 Extended Update Support.

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. Xinetd
provides extensive logging, has no limit on the number of server arguments, and
allows users to bind specific services to specific IP addresses on a host
machine. Each service has its own specific configuration file for Xinetd; the
files are located in the /etc/xinetd.d directory.

This update fixes the following bug:

• Due to incorrect handling of a file descriptor array in the service.c source
  file, some of the descriptors remained open when xinetd was under heavy load.
  Additionally, the system log was filled with a large number of messages that
  took up a lot of disk space over time. This bug has been fixed in the code,
  xinetd now handles the file descriptors correctly and no longer fills the system
  log. (BZ#841915)
  

All users of xinetd are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which fixes
this bug.

Solution

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

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2 ppc64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386
• Red Hat Storage 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 841915 - xinetd leaking file descriptors

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 956da0615da3f52c0490dbbff860df94dd97d2fcdf8b3da9572ab64e4804cf3d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3bef1cdb2741c84cc4b52492b0c07b09820df1866e1b9161a13c82f00dc33605
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 211d8146190816acd4541f10e5bd5525b0f14122e4744db164e585ee53a68944
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4518e23120e408890a5f28a0dc314562c945d76f6ea1708f3fb75e1ca8f864ba

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
s390x
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 1bf0d884f80019f37bd91e7b7a582b139d3df88d7528dac2e581a5a59b4bdbe9
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 8644f80770e4ecf8092fc855361eb0c72a2a9d466506a6424b043fbb8c0880f6

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.2

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
ppc64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: acb95ce9cdd1ad44896a7ea3e859ddb8681462e82df7a129317bdfece4c4e496
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: f87163a19df09868358889cb89861c4c2b8572953af78406d498003f66c5fc51

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 956da0615da3f52c0490dbbff860df94dd97d2fcdf8b3da9572ab64e4804cf3d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3bef1cdb2741c84cc4b52492b0c07b09820df1866e1b9161a13c82f00dc33605
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 211d8146190816acd4541f10e5bd5525b0f14122e4744db164e585ee53a68944
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.i686.rpm	SHA-256: 4518e23120e408890a5f28a0dc314562c945d76f6ea1708f3fb75e1ca8f864ba

Red Hat Storage 2.0

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 956da0615da3f52c0490dbbff860df94dd97d2fcdf8b3da9572ab64e4804cf3d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3bef1cdb2741c84cc4b52492b0c07b09820df1866e1b9161a13c82f00dc33605

Red Hat Gluster Storage Server for On-premise 2.0

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 956da0615da3f52c0490dbbff860df94dd97d2fcdf8b3da9572ab64e4804cf3d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3bef1cdb2741c84cc4b52492b0c07b09820df1866e1b9161a13c82f00dc33605

Red Hat Storage for Public Cloud (via RHUI) 2.0

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 956da0615da3f52c0490dbbff860df94dd97d2fcdf8b3da9572ab64e4804cf3d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3bef1cdb2741c84cc4b52492b0c07b09820df1866e1b9161a13c82f00dc33605

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 6.2

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.src.rpm	SHA-256: 076b0bf8527c957f976bcc30b4dc4574e284379d1e2867589bcbb7117e484b21
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 956da0615da3f52c0490dbbff860df94dd97d2fcdf8b3da9572ab64e4804cf3d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-34.el6_2.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 3bef1cdb2741c84cc4b52492b0c07b09820df1866e1b9161a13c82f00dc33605