Multiple vulnerabilities in xinetd 2.3.0 and earlier, and additional variants until 2.3.3, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code, primarily via buffer overflows or improper NULL termination.
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3257
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-076.php3
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-109.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99913751525583&w=2
http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-033-01