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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2012:1162 - Bug Fix Advisory
Issued:
2012-08-13
Updated:
2012-08-13

RHBA-2012:1162 - Bug Fix Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

xinetd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

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

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#841916)

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 Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 841916 - xinetd leaking file descriptors

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.3

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
s390x
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1cafd40b9bab7d63d9f5583192778cd24b04a387b42c8f2f8243399703f5a189
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0a8b3d549757dafff39d8ecb6cd8c06dc3f9a070029e798a128bf83e27eb569b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
s390x
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1cafd40b9bab7d63d9f5583192778cd24b04a387b42c8f2f8243399703f5a189
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0a8b3d549757dafff39d8ecb6cd8c06dc3f9a070029e798a128bf83e27eb569b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
ppc64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8718084d9b202e73f618b158aac0d36d23b0636fc80cc26725eada90d9d47845
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ed238581103f967c59d3c61b18c52cedc3b455bd66b9cc582241c342aae7e580

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
ppc64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 8718084d9b202e73f618b158aac0d36d23b0636fc80cc26725eada90d9d47845
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: ed238581103f967c59d3c61b18c52cedc3b455bd66b9cc582241c342aae7e580

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b4c54c50fd18e56aec34ece36f1ab6eed87746a917b5e286879727fe5f94797d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: d12266615d43aee4b1bc23d0053407374fc0de05f0370aba796d3fe171880a64
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: ee87daf9794ee9e767b87a7ac07ad8dd929934f23c971e100b8d791ecad42f19
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.i686.rpm SHA-256: 141c150aa85aa2765f5c5471993e933875ae508c0c8de9641b46b2409e215aac

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.src.rpm SHA-256: aa6db1232e92be13d8d6354a06b3d6b02592951658f9aec6441e60e40c233c5f
s390x
xinetd-2.3.14-35.el6_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 1cafd40b9bab7d63d9f5583192778cd24b04a387b42c8f2f8243399703f5a189
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-35.el6_3.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0a8b3d549757dafff39d8ecb6cd8c06dc3f9a070029e798a128bf83e27eb569b

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