Issued:
2016-05-10
Updated:
2016-05-10

RHBA-2016:0851 - Bug Fix Advisory

Synopsis

xinetd bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

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Topic

An update for xinetd is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The xinetd package provides the extended Internet daemon, which is a secure replacement for inetd. The daemon provides access control for all services based on the address of the remote host or on the time of access, and can prevent denial-of-access attacks.

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Release Notes and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.8 Technical Notes linked from the References section.

Users of xinetd are advised to upgrade to these updated packages.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
  • 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 Power, big endian 6 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 Life Cycle Support (for IBM z Systems) 6 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 1119317 - modify the xinetd man page to make it more clear on what happens to services on xinetd reload
  • BZ - 1285091 - xinetd attempts to bind to IPv6 sockets even on systems with IPv6 disabled

CVEs

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb0fe42a11330d6c926a357a030a0f1a5aa927d146c7357e8e7c1ba77c880a4
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78f25833d9e0d6f53da4cd17abf1e5e9afd8bfdda681a01ba8ecb7a4f6371224
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 221569d225917a4b4e8bf47bbc081378d907c34111a3d8884fea2b0f0ae7e16d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3380fd83e598f1d859179939d52baf3a3f669063b424e8150336582bb074f9d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb0fe42a11330d6c926a357a030a0f1a5aa927d146c7357e8e7c1ba77c880a4
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78f25833d9e0d6f53da4cd17abf1e5e9afd8bfdda681a01ba8ecb7a4f6371224
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 221569d225917a4b4e8bf47bbc081378d907c34111a3d8884fea2b0f0ae7e16d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3380fd83e598f1d859179939d52baf3a3f669063b424e8150336582bb074f9d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb0fe42a11330d6c926a357a030a0f1a5aa927d146c7357e8e7c1ba77c880a4
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78f25833d9e0d6f53da4cd17abf1e5e9afd8bfdda681a01ba8ecb7a4f6371224
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 221569d225917a4b4e8bf47bbc081378d907c34111a3d8884fea2b0f0ae7e16d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3380fd83e598f1d859179939d52baf3a3f669063b424e8150336582bb074f9d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb0fe42a11330d6c926a357a030a0f1a5aa927d146c7357e8e7c1ba77c880a4
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78f25833d9e0d6f53da4cd17abf1e5e9afd8bfdda681a01ba8ecb7a4f6371224
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 221569d225917a4b4e8bf47bbc081378d907c34111a3d8884fea2b0f0ae7e16d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3380fd83e598f1d859179939d52baf3a3f669063b424e8150336582bb074f9d7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
s390x
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 765f726bfae7d208ccad60823570a6b872c581191800f7089b483efd79068403
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5d2fbba5831eaddbc3388d861fa2bba44537698f00a65dc03af9633a4ee6b573

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
ppc64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: e88eb51b176062899bfb96ee2830a5119902eb1bcefa6021135d703d9b3661d3
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: d9f54adbfe8977310142a75fe9f850bbecde89ca891be4b879725c36cc7e95d8

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb0fe42a11330d6c926a357a030a0f1a5aa927d146c7357e8e7c1ba77c880a4
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78f25833d9e0d6f53da4cd17abf1e5e9afd8bfdda681a01ba8ecb7a4f6371224

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
x86_64
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 9bb0fe42a11330d6c926a357a030a0f1a5aa927d146c7357e8e7c1ba77c880a4
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 78f25833d9e0d6f53da4cd17abf1e5e9afd8bfdda681a01ba8ecb7a4f6371224
i386
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 221569d225917a4b4e8bf47bbc081378d907c34111a3d8884fea2b0f0ae7e16d
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3380fd83e598f1d859179939d52baf3a3f669063b424e8150336582bb074f9d7

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

SRPM
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.src.rpm SHA-256: 5cf67e1526a14cfbb19bccff1ca9461c0c4bf91ae152ad6ef5a415acd0054098
s390x
xinetd-2.3.14-40.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 765f726bfae7d208ccad60823570a6b872c581191800f7089b483efd79068403
xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-40.el6.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5d2fbba5831eaddbc3388d861fa2bba44537698f00a65dc03af9633a4ee6b573

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