Fedora 12 Update: chkrootkit-0.49-2.fc12

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2010-16568
2010-10-21 05:14:38
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Name        : chkrootkit
Product     : Fedora 12
Version     : 0.49
Release     : 2.fc12
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 at jcomserv.net> 0.49-2
- Updated outofbounds patch, BZ 577979 and 626067.
* Thu Mar 18 2010 Jon Ciesla <limb at 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/.

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