Home / mailings [SECURITY] [DSA 2945-1] chkrootkit security update
Posted on 03 June 2014
Debian Security Advisory-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Debian Security Advisory DSA-2945-1 security@debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/ Giuseppe Iuculano
June 03, 2014 http://www.debian.org/security/faq
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------
Package : chkrootkit
CVE ID : CVE-2014-0476
Thomas Stangner discovered a vulnerability in chkrootkit, a rootkit
detector, which may allow local attackers to gain root access when /tmp
is mounted without the noexec option.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.49-4.1+deb7u2.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 0.49-5.
We recommend that you upgrade your chkrootkit packages.
Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/
Mailing list: debian-security-announce@lists.debian.org
