tool to check security

[m.roth at 5-cent.us]

ESGLinux wrote:
<snip>
> What I want now is to check the problems like:
> - current kernel 2.6.18-53.el5 has pottential security problems... (CVE,
> ....)
> - the user John has not password and a valid shell....
> - given a package which CVEs affects this package
>
> Something like these.

Hmmm, there are things like chkrootkit, but I'm not sure of any one tool
that does all of this. Things like kernel potential security problems are
usually announced by RH, and an update is offered.
>
> I´m going to give a try to bastille although the tool I´m looking for was
> a shell command....
>
Bastille runs as a shell command, text or graphical mode.

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