Fedora 11 Update: chkrootkit-0.48-13.fc11

[updates at fedoraproject.org]

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2009-7968
2009-07-23 18:32:18
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Name        : chkrootkit
Product     : Fedora 11
Version     : 0.48
Release     : 13.fc11
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 some off-by one crashes in chkutmp.
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ChangeLog:

* Wed Jul 22 2009 Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> 0.48-13
- Additional items in chkutmp patch.
* Tue Jul 21 2009 Jon Ciesla <limb at jcomserv.net> 0.48-12
- Patch to fix crash in chkutmp on x86_64.
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #513029 - Component of chkrootkit is aborting, stack smashing
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513029
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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
http://fedoraproject.org/keys
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