RHBA-2007:0565Medium

Red Hat Bug Fix Advisory: tcp_wrappers bug fix update

Published
November 7, 2007
Last Modified
June 25, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2009-0786 · no record

📋 Description

CVE-2009-0786 — tcp_wrappers: hosts_ctl() does not handle hostnames specified in /etc/hosts.{allow,deny} correctly

🎯 Affected products22

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-0:7.6-40.4.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.s390 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • tcp_wrappers-debuginfo-0:7.6-40.4.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)

✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (4)