-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2010-16591 2010-10-21 05:15:33 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : chkrootkit Product : Fedora 13 Version : 0.49 Release : 2.fc13 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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Fixes segfault and stack smashing. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Mon Oct 18 2010 Jon Ciesla limb@jcomserv.net 0.49-2 - Updated outofbounds patch, BZ 577979 and 626067. * Thu Mar 18 2010 Jon Ciesla limb@jcomserv.net 0.49-1 - New upstream, including upstreamed patches. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #577979 - [abrt] crash in chkrootkit-0.48-14.fc12: Process /usr/lib64/chkrootkit-0.48/chkutmp was killed by signal 6 (SIGABRT) https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=577979 [ 2 ] Bug #626067 - Chkrootkit - "Stack Smashing" https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=626067 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "yum" update program. 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/.
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