From:	 Turbolinux <security@turbolinux.com>
To:	 tl-security-announce@www1.turbolinux.com
Subject: [TL-Security-Announce] xinetd-2.3.3-2 TLSA2002004
Date:	 Thu, 24 Jan 2002 18:34:40 -0800


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                        Turbolinux Security Announcement

        Package : xinetd
        Vulnerable Packages: Previous to xinetd-2.3.3-2
        Date: Thu Jan 24 18:34:10 PST 2002

        Affected Turbolinux versions:TL 6.x,
                                     All Turbolinux versions
                                     xinetd-2.3.3-1 and earlier

        Turbolinux Advisory ID#:  TLSA2002004

   Credits: These vulnerabilities were discovered
            by Solar Designer <solar@openwall.com>.
            http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3257
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A security hole was discovered in the package mentioned above.
Please update the package in your installation as soon as possible.
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1. Problem Summary

    During a recent audit, a number of possible security vulnerabilities 
    were uncovered.

2. Impact

    Exploitation of the conditions discovered during the audit could lead 
    to a denial of service or remote root compromise.

3. Solution

  Update the package from our ftp server by running the following command:

  rpm -Uvh ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/<rpm>

  Where <rpm> is the following:

  xinetd-2.3.3-2.i386.rpm

  The source RPM can be downloaded here:

  ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/SRPMS/xinetd-2.3.3-2.src.rpm

  **Note: You must rebuild and install the RPM if you choose to download
  and install the SRPM.  Simply installing the SRPM alone WILL NOT CLOSE
  THE SECURITY HOLE.

 Please verify the MD5 checksums of the updates before you install:

  MD5 sum                               Package Name
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
  00c15d36ce412917672826c7d9ffd69e  xinetd-2.3.3-3.i386.rpm
  974fa259cc5369d5e6c78a00700f2043  xinetd-2.3.3-3.src.rpm
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These packages are GPG signed by Turbolinux for security. Our key
is available here:

 http://www.turbolinux.com/security/tlgpgkey2002-01-09.asc

To verify a package, use the following command:

 rpm --checksig name_of_rpm

To examine only the md5sum, use the following command:

 rpm --checksig --nogpg name_of_rpm

**Note: Checking GPG keys requires RPM 3.0 or higher.

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You can find more updates on our ftp server:

   ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/6.0/security/ for TL6.0 Workstation
   and Server security updates
   ftp://ftp.turbolinux.com/pub/updates/7.0/security/ for TL7.0 Workstation
   and Server security updates

Our webpage for security announcements:

   http://www.turbolinux.com/security

If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact:

   security@turbolinux.com
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