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Oracle Linux 5 : xinetd (ELSA-2013-1302)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 70283

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 5 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2013-1302 advisory.

 [2:2.3.14-19]
 - Correctly backport patches that fix the descriptor leakage
 - Related: #852274

 [-2:2.3.14-18]
 - Fix leaking file descriptors (#852274)
 - Fix: Service disabled due to bind failure (#811000)
 - CVE-2012-0862 xinetd: enables unintentional services over tcpmux port (#788795)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected xinetd package.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2013-1302.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 70283

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2013-1302.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/3/2013

Updated: 10/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0862

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:5, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:xinetd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/2/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0862

BID: 53720

RHSA: 2013:1302