Fedora EPEL 6 Update: chkrootkit-0.49-3.el6

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0677
2014-03-01 06:32:46
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Name        : chkrootkit
Product     : Fedora EPEL 6
Version     : 0.49
Release     : 3.el6
URL         : http://www.chkrootkit.org
Summary     : Tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit
Description :
chkrootkit is a tool to locally check for signs of a rootkit.
It contains:

 * chkrootkit: shell script that checks system binaries for
   rootkit modification.
 * ifpromisc: checks if the network interface is in promiscuous mode.
 * chklastlog: checks for lastlog deletions.
 * chkwtmp: checks for wtmp deletions.
 * chkproc: checks for signs of LKM trojans.
 * chkdirs: checks for signs of LKM trojans.
 * strings: quick and dirty strings replacement.
 * chkutmp: checks for utmp deletions.

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Update Information:

Includes an updated chkutmp-outofbounds patch which should fix the stack smashing segfaults
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1069632 - Chkrootkit - "Stack Smashing"
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069632
  [ 2 ] Bug #626067 - Chkrootkit - "Stack Smashing"
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626067
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs.  Use
su -c 'yum update chkrootkit' 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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