RHSA-2013:1409Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: xinetd security update

Published
October 7, 2013
Last Modified
November 7, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2013-4342 →

📋 Description

CVE-2013-4342 — xinetd: ignores user and group directives for tcpmux services

🎯 Affected products44

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.ppc as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • xinetd-debuginfo-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
  • xinetd-debuginfo-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.i386 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
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✅ Remediation

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/site/articles/11258

🔗 References (4)