Vulnerability in 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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.064 (93.5th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.064 · newest: 0.064 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xinetd
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux — versions 5, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201611-06 (vendor-advisory)
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Patch)
- github.com/xinetd-org/xinetd/pull/10
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1409.html (vendor-advisory)