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