SRU Request: Impact: chkrootkit tool reports false positives in hardy, and the option to ignore certain known false positives is only present in later versions. This impacts the usefulness of the tool.
This has been addressed by backporting the "-e" option from the newer release to let administrators set a whitelist. A minimal debdiff is attached. ** Summary changed: - chkrootkit falsely flags files owned by Firefox 3 and Sun Java 6 valid packages + [SRU] chkrootkit falsely flags files owned by Firefox 3 and Sun Java 6 valid packages ** Patch added: "Minimal debdiff" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/50030556/chkrootkit_0.47-1.1ubuntu0.2.debdiff -- [SRU] chkrootkit falsely flags files owned by Firefox 3 and Sun Java 6 valid packages https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/575945 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Server Team, which is subscribed to chkrootkit in ubuntu. -- Ubuntu-server-bugs mailing list Ubuntu-server-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server-bugs
