Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : xinetd (MDKSA-2001:055-1)

low Nessus Plugin ID 13872

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A bug exists in xinetd as shipped with Mandrake Linux 8.0 dealing with TCP connections with the WAIT state that prevents linuxconf-web from working properly. As well, xinetd contains a security flaw in which it defaults to a umask of 0. This means that applications using the xinetd umask that do not set permissions themselves (like SWAT, a web configuration tool for Samba), will create world-writable files. This update sets the default umask to 022.

Update :

This update forces the TMPDIR to /tmp instead of obtaining it from the root user by default, which uses /root/tmp. As well, this version of xinetd also fixed a possible buffer overflow in the logging code that was reported by zen-parse on bugtraq, but was not mentioned in the previous advisory.

Solution

Update the affected xinetd and / or xinetd-ipv6 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 13872

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2001-055.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 7/31/2004

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xinetd-ipv6, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:7.2, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:xinetd, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/Mandrake/release, Host/Mandrake/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/5/2001

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2001

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2001-1322

BID: 2826, 2840

MDKSA: 2001:055-1

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