Title: xinetd Insecure Default Umask Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A vulnerability exists in the xinetd daemon.
When an application is run, it inherits the file creation mask of it's parent. This mask is used by the open() call to set initial file permissions on newly-created files. Although it is possible for an application to set it's own mask or to explicitly set file permissions, sometimes this is not the case.
The xinetd daemon runs with umask 0. As a result, files created by applications that use the xinetd umask without explicitly setting permissions will be world writable.
Affected Products:
- Conectiva Linux 6.0.0
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0.0
- Immunix Immunix OS 7.0.0 beta
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 7.2.0
- MandrakeSoft Linux Mandrake 8.0.0
- MandrakeSoft Single Network Firewall 7.2.0
- RedHat Linux 7.0.0
- RedHat Linux 7.1.0
- RedHat xinetd-2.1.8.9pre14-6.i386.rpm 0.0.0
- RedHat xinetd-2.1.8.9pre9-6.i386.rpm 0.0.0
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.8
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.8pre3
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre1
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre10
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre11
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre12
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre13
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre14
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre15
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre2
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre3
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre4
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre5
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre6
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre7
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre8
- Xinetd Xinetd 2.1.8.9pre9
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