National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-0862

Overview

builtins.c in Xinetd before 2.3.15 does not check the service type when the tcpmux-server service is enabled, which exposes all enabled services and allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions via a request to tcpmux port 1.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790940

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=790940

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=583311

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=583311

External Source: XF

Name: xinetd-tcpmux-weak-security(75965)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/75965

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.xinetd.org/#changes

Hyperlink:http://www.xinetd.org/#changes

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1027050

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1027050

External Source: BID

Name: 53720

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/53720

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 81774

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/81774

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120510 Re: CVE-2012-0862 assignment notification: xinetd enables unintentional services over tcpmux port

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/10/2

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20120509 CVE-2012-0862 assignment notification: xinetd enables unintentional services over tcpmux port

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/05/09/5

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:155

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:155

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-8041

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081446.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-8061

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-May/081428.html