openSUSE Security Update: xinetd for tcpmux service ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2014:0517-1 Rating: moderate References: #762294 #844230 #855685 Cross-References: CVE-2012-0862 CVE-2013-4342 Affected Products: openSUSE 13.1 openSUSE 12.3 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that solves two vulnerabilities and has one errata is now available. Description: xinetd was updated to receive security fixes and a bug fix. Security issues fixed: * CVE-2013-4342 (bnc#844230) - xinetd ignored user and group directives for tcpmux services * CVE-2012-0862 (bnc#762294) - xinetd enabled all services when tcp multiplexing is used Also added support for setting maximum number of open files (bnc#855685). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 13.1: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-292 - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2014-292 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 13.1 (i586 x86_64): xinetd-2.3.15-2.8.1 xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-2.8.1 xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-2.8.1 - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): xinetd-2.3.14-163.4.1 xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.14-163.4.1 xinetd-debugsource-2.3.14-163.4.1 References: http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0862.html http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4342.html https://bugzilla.novell.com/762294 https://bugzilla.novell.com/844230 https://bugzilla.novell.com/855685