CVE-2013-4342

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4342
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-10-10 00:55:14 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionxinetd 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 6.0 All All All
Application Xinetd Xinetd - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2013-4342: xinetd ignores user and group directives for TCPMUX services by octurite · Pull Request #10 · xinetd-org/xinetd · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
xinetd: Privilege escalation (GLSA 201611-06) — Gentoo security af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
1006100 – (CVE-2013-4342) CVE-2013-4342 xinetd: ignores user and group directives for tcpmux services af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch
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Legacy QID Mappings

  • 905558 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for xinetd (13601)
  • 905560 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for xinetd (13592)
  • 906764 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for xinetd (13592-1)
  • 906795 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for xinetd (13601-1)

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