xinetd: CVE-2013-4342
authorLi Wang <li.wang@windriver.com>
Thu, 5 Dec 2013 23:52:17 +0000 (17:52 -0600)
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Tue, 10 Dec 2013 17:42:45 +0000 (17:42 +0000)
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.
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-4342

the patch come from:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=799732&action=diff

(From OE-Core rev: c6ccb09cee54a7b9d953f58fbb8849fd7d7de6a9)

Signed-off-by: Li Wang <li.wang@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Mark Hatle <mark.hatle@windriver.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/xinetd-CVE-2013-4342.patch [new file with mode: 0644]
meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd_2.3.15.bb

diff --git a/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/xinetd-CVE-2013-4342.patch b/meta/recipes-extended/xinetd/xinetd/xinetd-CVE-2013-4342.patch
new file mode 100644 (file)
index 0000000..0542dbe
--- /dev/null
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+xinetd: CVE-2013-4342
+
+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.
+http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2013-4342
+
+the patch come from:
+https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=799732&action=diff
+
+Signed-off-by: Li Wang <li.wang@windriver.com>
+---
+ xinetd/builtins.c |    2 +-
+ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/xinetd/builtins.c b/xinetd/builtins.c
+index 3b85579..34a5bac 100644
+--- a/xinetd/builtins.c
++++ b/xinetd/builtins.c
+@@ -617,7 +617,7 @@ static void tcpmux_handler( const struct server *serp )
+    if( SC_IS_INTERNAL( scp ) ) {
+       SC_INTERNAL(scp, nserp);
+    } else {
+-      exec_server(nserp);
++      child_process(nserp);
+    }
+ }
+-- 
+1.7.9.5
+
index 7976570..0e28172 100644 (file)
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ SRC_URI = "http://www.xinetd.org/xinetd-${PV}.tar.gz \
       file://Various-fixes-from-the-previous-maintainer.patch \
       file://Disable-services-from-inetd.conf-if-a-service-with-t.patch \
       file://xinetd-should-be-able-to-listen-on-IPv6-even-in-ine.patch \
+      file://xinetd-CVE-2013-4342.patch \
       "
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "77358478fd58efa6366accae99b8b04c"