Bug 678493 - RHEL4 SIGSEGV in xinetd when application's logfile hit size limit
Summary: RHEL4 SIGSEGV in xinetd when application's logfile hit size limit
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: xinetd
Version: 6.0
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
high
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Vojtech Vitek
QA Contact: qe-baseos-daemons
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Depends On: 244063 438986
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-02-18 09:09 UTC by Vojtech Vitek
Modified: 2015-03-04 23:57 UTC (History)
6 users (show)

Fixed In Version:
Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
When a log file of a xinetd-controlled service exceeded the size limit specified in its configuration file, xinetd terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, a patch has been applied to address this issue, and the xinetd daemon no longer crashes.
Clone Of: 438986
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-05-19 14:32:03 UTC
Target Upstream Version:

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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:0784 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE xinetd bug fix update 2011-05-18 18:08:20 UTC

Comment 1 Vojtech Vitek 2011-02-18 09:13:52 UTC 
The patch provided in bug #244063 is still valid and applicable.
Comment 9 Jaromir Hradilek 2011-03-22 15:34:24 UTC 
    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
When a log file of a xinetd-controlled service exceeded the size limit specified in its configuration file, xinetd terminated unexpectedly with a segmentation fault. With this update, a patch has been applied to address this issue, and the xinetd daemon no longer crashes.
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2011-05-19 14:32:03 UTC 
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem
described in this bug report. This report is therefore being
closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information
on therefore solution and/or where to find the updated files,
please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report
if the solution does not work for you.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-0784.html
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