Gentoo alert 200305-08 (xinetd)

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Daniel Ahlberg <aliz@gentoo.org>
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gentoo-announce@gentoo.org
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GLSA:  xinetd (200305-08)
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Mon, 19 May 2003 16:00:40 +0200

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GENTOO LINUX SECURITY ANNOUNCEMENT 200305-08
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          PACKAGE : xinetd
          SUMMARY : memory leak
             DATE : 2003-05-19 14:00 UTC
          EXPLOIT : remote
VERSIONS AFFECTED : <xinetd-2.3.11
    FIXED VERSION : >=xinetd-2.3.11
              CVE : CAN-2003-0211

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Steve Stubb has discovered that xinetd leaks 144 bytes for every 
connection it rejects.

Read the full advisory at:
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105068673220605&w=2

SOLUTION

It is recommended that all Gentoo Linux users who are running
sys-apps/xinetd upgrade to xinetd-2.3.11 as follows

emerge sync
emerge xinetd
emerge clean

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