CVE-2013-4342 Information

Description

xinetd does not enforce the user and group configuration directives for TCPMUX services which causes these services to be run as root and makes it easier for remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging another vulnerability in a service.

Reference

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1409.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1006100 https://github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd/pull/10 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-06