From bugzilla@redhat.com Thu Jun 7 00:24:49 2001 From: bugzilla@redhat.com To: redhat-watch-list@redhat.com Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com, linux-security@redhat.com Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:20 -0400 Subject: [RHSA-2001:075-04] Updated xinetd package available for Red Hat Linux 7 and 7.1 [The following text is in the "iso-8859-1" character set] [Your display is set for the "US-ASCII" character set] [Some characters may be displayed incorrectly] --------------------------------------------------------------------- Red Hat, Inc. Red Hat Security Advisory Synopsis: Updated xinetd package available for Red Hat Linux 7 and 7.1 Advisory ID: RHSA-2001:075-04 Issue date: 2001-06-04 Updated on: 2001-06-05 Product: Red Hat Linux Keywords: xinetd umask 2.4 kernel linuxconf Cross references: Obsoletes: --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Topic: Xinetd runs with umask 0 - this means that applications using the xinetd umask and not setting the permissions themselves (like swat from the samba package), will create world writable files. 2. Relevant releases/architectures: Red Hat Linux 7.0 - alpha, i386 Red Hat Linux 7.1 - i386 3. Problem description: Xinetd runs with umask 0 - this means that applications using the xinetd umask and not setting the permissions themselves (like swat from the samba package), will create world writable files. This update sets the default umask to 022. Also, the web interface for linuxconf did not work in Red Hat Linux 7.1. Other minor issues have also been addressed. 4. Solution: Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied. To update all RPMs for your particular architecture, run: rpm -Fvh [filenames] where [filenames] is a list of the RPMs you wish to upgrade. Only those RPMs which are currently installed will be updated. Those RPMs which are not installed but included in the list will not be updated. Note that you can also use wildcards (*.rpm) if your current directory *only* contains the desired RPMs. Please note that this update is also available via Red Hat Network. Many people find this an easier way to apply updates. To use Red Hat Network, launch the Red Hat Update Agent with the following command: up2date This will start an interactive process that will result in the appropriate RPMs being upgraded on your system. 5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla for more info): 38669 - /etc/xinetd.d/*-udp files syntax error on 23560 - xinetd - linuxconf-web still not fixed 6. RPMs required: Red Hat Linux 7.0: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/SRPMS/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.src.rpm alpha: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/alpha/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.alpha.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.0/en/os/i386/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.i386.rpm Red Hat Linux 7.1: SRPMS: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/SRPMS/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.src.rpm i386: ftp://updates.redhat.com/7.1/en/os/i386/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.i386.rpm 7. Verification: MD5 sum Package Name -------------------------------------------------------------------------- f661f3b939d4b8aa9eca4e2d4b43eea9 7.0/en/os/SRPMS/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.src.rpm 81649c7c918d7f3cd8e03cdf7a319410 7.0/en/os/alpha/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.alpha.rpm 0b66baf9a9809def856b7960eb0b0ef7 7.0/en/os/i386/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.i386.rpm 59352e4937871a504a24a3d13b6eb589 7.1/en/os/SRPMS/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.src.rpm 18d39a2f89bf09dc74b6cdc5286e0c49 7.1/en/os/i386/xinetd-2.1.8.9pre15-2.i386.rpm These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat, Inc. for security. Our key is available at: http://www.redhat.com/corp/contact.html You can verify each package with the following command: rpm --checksig If you only wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with, examine only the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg 8. References: Copyright(c) 2000, 2001 Red Hat, Inc.