Mageia alert MGASA-2014-0249 (chkrootkit)

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[updates-announce] MGASA-2014-0249: Updated chkrootkit packages fix CVE-2014-0476 and a false positive 
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Wed, 4 Jun 2014 22:44:30 +0200
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MGASA-2014-0249 - Updated chkrootkit packages fix CVE-2014-0476 and a false positive

Publication date: 04 Jun 2014
URL: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0249.html
Type: security
Affected Mageia releases: 3, 4
CVE: CVE-2014-0476

Description:
Updated chkrootkit package fixes security vulnerability:

The chkrootkit script contains a flaw that allows a local attacker to create
an executable in /tmp that will be run by the user running chkrootkit (usually
root), allowing the attacker to escalate privileges (CVE-2014-0476).

The Mageia 3 update also eliminates the false positive identification of a
rootkit in /sbin/init (mga#6699).

References:
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/04/9
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=6699
- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13481
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0476

SRPMS:
- 4/core/chkrootkit-0.49-8.1.mga4
- 3/core/chkrootkit-0.49-6.1.mga3