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ELSA-2013-1302 Low: Oracle Linux xinetd security and bug fix update

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ELSA-2013-1302 Low: Oracle Linux xinetd security and bug fix update

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
06/04/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/03/2013
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

builtins.c in Xinetd before 2.3.15 does not check the service type when the tcpmux-server service is enabled, which exposes all enabled services and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to tcpmux port 1.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-xinetd

References

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