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1.6 KiB
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201611-06">
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<title>xinetd: Privilege escalation </title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in xinetd could lead to privilege escalation.</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">xinetd</product>
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<announced>2016-11-15</announced>
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<revised count="1">2016-11-15</revised>
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<bug>488158</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="sys-apps/xinetd" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.3.15-r2</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.3.15-r2</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>Xinetd does not enforce the user and group configuration directives for
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TCPMUX services, which causes these services to be run as root.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>Attackers could escalate privileges outside of the running process.</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All xinetd users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --verbose --oneshot ">=sys-apps/xinetd-2.3.15-r2"
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</code>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2013-4342">CVE-2013-4342</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2015-12-23T23:25:51Z">
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BlueKnight
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</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2016-11-15T07:16:41Z">b-man</metadata>
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</glsa>
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