Recommended update for xinetd

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2566-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2

An update that has four fixes can now be installed.

Description:

This update for xinetd provides the following fixes:

  • Specifying multiple log targets in the configuration caused a crash in xinetd, so make sure this is not allowed and in case of misconfiguration handle it correctly. (bsc#1054532)
  • Fix a race condition that was causing xinetd not to be running after receiving a SIGHUP and a call to bind() failing with error EADDRINUSE. The fix exposes a sysconfig variable named XINETD_BIND_DELAY that can be used to delay calls to bind(). (bsc#972691)
  • Fix an error that was causing a failure in xinetd when trying to fallback from IPv6 to IPv4. (bsc#947475)
  • Update the documentation about the maximum allowed size of server parameters. (bsc#943484)

Patch Instructions:

To install this SUSE update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP2-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP3-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-RPI-12-SP2-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP2-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1586=1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3
    zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP3-2017-1586=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 (x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 (x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for the Raspberry Pi 12-SP2 (aarch64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 (aarch64 ppc64le s390x x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 (aarch64 x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 (ppc64le x86_64)
    • xinetd-debugsource-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-debuginfo-2.3.15-8.5.1
    • xinetd-2.3.15-8.5.1

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