SUSE SLES10 / SLES11 Security Update : xinetd (SUSE-SU-2014:0871-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 83631

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Xinetd receives a LTSS roll-up update to fix two security issues.

- CVE-2012-0862: xinetd enabled all services when tcp multiplexing is used.

- CVE-2013-4342: xinetd ignored user and group directives for tcpmux services, running services as root.

While both issues are not so problematic on their own, in combination the impact is greater and enabling tcpmux would be risky.

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 LTSS :

zypper in -t patch slessp2-xinetd-9417

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 LTSS :

zypper in -t patch slessp1-xinetd-9418

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 83631

File Name: suse_SU-2014-0871-1.nasl

Version: 2.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.6

Temporal Score: 5.6

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:xinetd, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:10, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0862, CVE-2013-4342

BID: 53720, 62871

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