Fedora EPEL 6 Update: lynis-1.5.0-1.el6

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2014-1115
2014-04-11 19:02:29
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Name        : lynis
Product     : Fedora EPEL 6
Version     : 1.5.0
Release     : 1.el6
URL         : http://cisofy.com/lynis/
Summary     : Security and system auditing tool
Description :
Lynis is an auditing and hardening tool for Unix/Linux and you might even call
it a compliance tool. It scans the system and installed software. Then it
performs many individual security control checks. It determines the hardening
state of the machine, detects security issues and provides suggestions to
improve the security defense of the system.

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Update Information:

= 1.5.0 (2014-04-10) =

New:
- Support for Amazon Linux
- NTP check for step-tickers file (Red Hat and clones) [TIME-3160]

Changes:
- Minor textual changes in description of several controls
- Removed several warnings (usage of suggestions instead)
- Website has now more information for several controls
- Extended detection for Oracle Linux
- Updated the FAQ and README files

= 1.4.9 (2014-04-03) =

New:
- Added links in report to related control documentation on website
- Detect Linux I/O kernel scheduler [KRNL-5730]

Changes:
- Check for non-unique accounts on several platforms [AUTH-9208]
- Set initial discover value for PAM module * 1.5.0 (2014-04-10)

New:
- Support for Amazon Linux
- NTP check for step-tickers file (Red Hat and clones) [TIME-3160]

Changes:
- Minor textual changes in description of several controls
- Removed several warnings (usage of suggestions instead)
- Website has now more information for several controls
- Extended detection for Oracle Linux
- Updated the FAQ and README files

= 1.4.9 (2014-04-03) =
s to zero [AUTH-9268]

= 1.4.8 (2014-03-27) =

Changes:
- Adjusted resolv.conf domain setting in report [NAME-4016]
- Extend account test with /var/log/pacct [ACCT-9620]
- Added suggestion to DNS domain name test [NAME-4028]
- Changed text strings of ZFS test [FILE-6330]
- Extend LILO password test [BOOT-5139]
- Set default value for pf firewall

= 1.4.7 (2014-03-21) =

New:
- New configuration item to set group name
- Search for AIDE configuration file (aide.conf) [FINT-4315]
- Check for usage of SHA256/SHA512 in AIDE configuration [FINT-4316]
- Added grep to list of binaries

Changes:
- Added suggestion when using NIS or NIS+ [NAME-4302]
- Clean-up of unneeded plugin section
- Small typo fix

= 1.4.6 (2014-03-14) =

New:
- Check for GPG signing in yum.conf [PKGS-7387]
- Check CUPS configuration file permissions [PRNT-2307]

Changes:
- Screen cleanup

= 1.4.5 (2014-03-08) =

New:
- Support for Chakra Linux
- Support for pacman binary (package manager)
- Query installed packages on systems with pacman [PKGS-7310]

Changes:
- Avoid logging to screen when falsetickets are found [TIME-3132]
- Skipping FIFO file on Solaris systems when checking for cron jobs [TIME-3104]
- Extended uptime test for Solaris systems [BOOT-5202]
- Added /usr/lib/security to PAM locations to scan
- Report cronjobs to report [SCHD-7704]
- HostID support for Solaris
- Improved color scheme
- Extended logging
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs.  Use
su -c 'yum update lynis' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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