Yellow Dog Linux Security Announcement
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Package:	xinetd	
Issue Date: 	July 25, 2001
Priority:	medium		
Advisory ID: 	YDU-20010725-10


1. 	Topic:

	A string handling vulnerability was discovered in xinetd.


2. 	Problem:

	"A boundary checking case in xinetd's string handling was
	fixed in the 2.3.0 release of xinetd."
	(from Red Hat's security advisory)


3. 	Solution:

   	a) Updating via yup...
   	We suggest that you use the Yellow Dog Update Program (yup)
   	to keep your system up-to-date. The following command(s) will
   	automatically retrieve and install the fixed version of
   	this update onto your system:

   		yup update xinetd 

   	b) Updating manually...
   	The update can also be retrieved manually from our ftp site
   	below along with the rpm command that should be used to install
   	the update.  (Please use a mirror site)

   		ftp://ftp.yellowdoglinux.com/pub/yellowdog/updates/yellowdog-2.0/ppc/RPMS/
		rpm -Fvh xinetd-2.3.0-1.71.ppc.rpm 


4. Verification

MD5 checksum			  Package
--------------------------------  ----------------------------
4d5ea9692e93b2d9b9092f266e00db67  SRPMS/xinetd-2.3.0-1.71.src.rpm
90ce976098ed5b51efc1030c01a18177  ppc/RPMS/xinetd-2.3.0-1.71.ppc.rpm

If you wish to verify that each package has not been corrupted or tampered with,
examine the md5sum with the following command: rpm --checksig --nogpg filename


5. Misc.

Terra Soft has setup a moderated mailing list where these security, bugfix, and package
enhancement announcements will be posted. See http://lists.yellowdoglinux.com/ for more
information.

For information regarding the usage of yup, the Yellow Dog Update Program, see 
http://http://www.yellowdoglinux.com/support/solutions/ydl_general/yup.shtml