CVE-2013-4342: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.6. EPSS: 6.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: version 5 only; version 6.0 only
• Xinetd Xinetd: affected versions not specified

Published 2013-10-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.