Recommended update for xinetd

Announcement ID: SUSE-RU-2017:2693-1
Rating: low
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Affected Products:
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4

An update that has six 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)
  • Increase the maximum amount of file descriptors that can be used simultaneously by using poll() instead of select() for socket handling. (bsc#1034687)
  • 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)
  • Fix a problem that was causing an error message to be displayed in the logs when reloading the service via SIGHUP even when no errors happened. (bsc#870904)

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 Server 11 SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-xinetd-13306=1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4
    zypper in -t patch slessp4-xinetd-13306=1

Package List:

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 (s390x x86_64 i586 ppc64 ia64)
    • xinetd-2.3.14-130.133.7.1
  • SLES for SAP Applications 11-SP4 (ppc64 x86_64)
    • xinetd-2.3.14-130.133.7.1

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