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xinetd: ignores user and group directives for tcpmux services

🗓️ 07 Oct 2013 17:15:00Reported by RedHatType 
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xinetd ignores user and group directives for tcp mux services, causing them to run as root and enabling privilege escalation via another vulnerability.

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OSOS VersionArchitecturePackagePackage VersionFilename
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386xinetd2:2.3.14-20.el5_10xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ia64xinetd2:2.3.14-20.el5_10xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5ppcxinetd2:2.3.14-20.el5_10xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5s390xxinetd2:2.3.14-20.el5_10xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5x86_64xinetd2:2.3.14-20.el5_10xinetd-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64xinetd2:2.3.14-39.el6_4xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xxinetd2:2.3.14-39.el6_4xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64xinetd2:2.3.14-39.el6_4xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anyxinetd2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.i686xinetd-2:2.3.14-39.el6_4.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux5i386xinetd-debuginfo2:2.3.14-20.el5_10xinetd-debuginfo-2:2.3.14-20.el5_10.i386.rpm
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27 Jun 2026 11:59Current
5.8Medium risk
Vulners AI Score5.8
CVSS 27.6
EPSS0.06391
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