Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: : : : Updated xinetd packages fix denial-of-service attacks and other bugs

Updated xinetd packages for Red Hat Linux on IBM iSeries and pSeries systems that fix a security vulnerability and two denial of service vulnerabilities are now avaliable. Xinetd is a 'master server' that is used to to accept service connection requests and start the appropriate servers. Versions...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: : Updated xinetd packages fix denial of service vulnerability

Xinetd contains a denial-of-service DoS vulnerability. UPDATE 2002-12-02: Updated packages are available to fix issues encountered with the previous errata packages. Xinetd is a secure replacement for inetd, the Internet services daemon. Versions of Xinetd prior to 2.3.7 leak file descriptors for...