-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONECTIVA LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT - -------------------------------------------------------------------------- PACKAGE : xinetd SUMMARY : Security and bugfix update for xinetd DATE : 2001-08-29 15:08:00 ID : CLA-2001:416 RELEVANT RELEASES : 6.0, 7.0 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION "xinetd" is an alternative to the inetd superserver, used to start services on demand. Solar Designer did a security audit in this package and produced a patch that was accepted by the author and incorporated in version 2.3.1 and later. This patch fixes many security and reliability issues with xinetd. Another issue is that the version shipped with Conectiva Linux 7.0 has IPv6 enabled, causing it to not work with IPv4-only systems. This update disables IPv6 support. Please note that xinetd is not used by default on these versions of Conectiva Linux. SOLUTION It is recommended that all xinetd users upgrade their packages. Please note that xinetd will be automatically restarted if it is already running. REFERENCES 1. https://distro.conectiva.com.br/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4086 2. https://distro.conectiva.com.br/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=4166 3. http://www.xinetd.org/#changes DIRECT DOWNLOAD LINKS TO THE UPDATED PACKAGES ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/SRPMS/xinetd-2.3.2-1U60_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/xinetd-devel-2.3.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/6.0/RPMS/xinetd-devel-static-2.3.2-1U60_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/SRPMS/xinetd-2.3.2-1U70_1cl.src.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/xinetd-devel-static-2.3.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br/7.0/RPMS/xinetd-devel-2.3.2-1U70_1cl.i386.rpm ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS Users of Conectiva Linux version 6.0 or higher may use apt to perform upgrades of RPM packages: - add the following line to /etc/apt/sources.list if it is not there yet (you may also use linuxconf to do this): rpm [cncbr] ftp://atualizacoes.conectiva.com.br 6.0/conectiva updates (replace 6.0 with the correct version number if you are not running CL6.0) - run: apt-get update - after that, execute: apt-get upgrade Detailed instructions reagarding the use of apt and upgrade examples can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/#apt?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All packages are signed with Conectiva's GPG key. The key and instructions on how to import it can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/chave/?idioma=en Instructions on how to check the signatures of the RPM packages can be found at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/seguranca/politica/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- All our advisories and generic update instructions can be viewed at http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?idioma=en - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- subscribe: conectiva-updates-subscribeat_private unsubscribe: conectiva-updates-unsubscribeat_private -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7jS/Y42jd0JmAcZARAldyAJ9BZdV427bYYHgcE5OD444kxDiydgCggdC2 s/IMu9gyZX7Jz5p/GlS5Khk= =g7Ja -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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