Fedora 17 Update: rkhunter-1.4.0-1.fc17

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2012-7522
2012-05-09 16:04:10
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Name        : rkhunter
Product     : Fedora 17
Version     : 1.4.0
Release     : 1.fc17
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:

Update to 1.4.0 upstream with various bugfixes and several new rootkit's detected.
Work around for a /lib/java false positive.
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ChangeLog:

* Tue May  8 2012 Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> - 1.4.0-1
- Update to 1.4.0
* Sun Apr 15 2012 Kevin Fenzi <kevin at scrye.com> - 1.3.8-15
- Add workaround for /lib/java false positive. Fixes bug #806972
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #806972 - F17 /lib/java possible rootkit
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=806972
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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/.

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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