Fedora 13 Update: chkrootkit-0.49-2.fc13
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-16591
2010-10-21 05:15:33
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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.
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Update Information:
Fixes segfault and stack smashing.
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ChangeLog:
* Mon Oct 18 2010 Jon Ciesla <limb(a)jcomserv.net> 0.49-2
- Updated outofbounds patch, BZ 577979 and 626067.
* Thu Mar 18 2010 Jon Ciesla <limb(a)jcomserv.net> 0.49-1
- New upstream, including upstreamed patches.
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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
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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/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project 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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