Fedora 15 Update: rkhunter-1.3.8-8.fc15

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2011-9255
2011-07-12 04:09:47
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Name        : rkhunter
Product     : Fedora 15
Version     : 1.3.8
Release     : 8.fc15
URL         : http://rkhunter.sourceforge.net/
Summary     : A host-based tool to scan for rootkits, backdoors and local exploits
Description :
Rootkit Hunter (RKH) is an easy-to-use tool which checks
computers running UNIX (clones) for the presence of rootkits
and other unwanted tools.

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Update Information:

Fix a typo in the previous update.
Fixed an issue where rkhunter would complain about /usr/bin/rkhunter before propupd has been run. Added tomboy and etckeeper files to the whitelist.
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jul  8 2011 Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> - 1.3.8-8
- Fix typo
* Fri Jul  8 2011 Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> - 1.3.8-7
- Add patch to fix out of the box warning on rkhunter script. 
- Fixes bug #719270
- Add etckeeper and tomboy files. Fixes bug #719265 and #719259
* Tue Jun 21 2011 Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> - 1.3.8-6
- Change ssh check back to 2 - bug #596775
- Drop hard Requires on prelink. It will be used if present - bug #714067
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #719270 - strange warning about replaced /usr/bin/rkhunter
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719270
  [ 2 ] Bug #719265 - Whitelist hidden etckeeper files
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719265
  [ 3 ] Bug #719259 - suspicious files in /dev/shm
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=719259
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update rkhunter' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

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