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A chkrootkit security update has been released for Debian



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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
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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/
  DSA 2945-1: chkrootkit security update