The Rootkit Hunter project team is pleased to announce the release
of version 1.3.6. This release offers more ease of use and improved rootkit and
malware checks.
The change log lists 29 additions including 9 configuration options
and details for 12 rootkits, 29 changes including improvements for
15 rootkit checks and 22 bugfixes. Naming a few:
- New IGNORE_PRELINK_DEP_ERR configuration option in case of
persistent prelink dependency errors.
- New USER_FILEPROP_FILES_DIRS configuration option to add
files and directories to the file properties check.
- New COPY_LOG_ON_ERROR configuration option to copy the log
file if any errors or warnings have occurred.
- New WEBCMD configuration option to specify the command used
to download data file updates from the Internet.
- Rkhunter will look for configuration options in the main
configuration file, and then in the local configuration file if it
exists.
- New SHARED_LIB_WHITELIST configuration option for
whitelisting preloaded shared libraries.
- New WARN_ON_OS_CHANGE configuration option. If unset then no
warnings will be shown.
- New UPDT_ON_OS_CHANGE configuration option. If set and the
O/S has changed then rkhunter will automatically update properties
('rkhunter --propupd').
- Added support for hash functions SHA224, SHA256, SHA384 and
SHA512 using CPAN perl modules Digest-SHA-PurePerl or SHA256.
- New UPDATE_LANG configuration option.
- New ALLOWPROMISCIF configuration option.
- New PKGMGR_NO_VRFY configuration option for fine-grained
package manager verification process control.
- Rootkit checks added: Adore Rootkit (aka strings.o aka
Dextenea) cb, CX, Fu, iLLogiC, ld-linuxv.so.1, 'Spanish', trNkit,
Xzibit, ZK.
- Updated rootkit / malware checks: Ambient (ark), beX2,
BOBkit, Dica-kit, Dreams, Enye LKM, evil strings test, Fleakit,
FreeBSD, Phalanx2, SHV4, Universal (URK).
For more details please see the CHANGELOG at
http://rkhunter.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/*checkout*/rkhunter/rkhunter/files/CHANGELOG.
Rootkit Hunter release 1.3.6 obsoletes all previous releases:
please upgrade.
Thanks to John Horne and all contributors who made this release
possible by providing code, submitting ideas, bugs, fixes,
documentation, helping out on the rkhunter-users mailing list and
promoting Rootkit Hunter. For more details please see the
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.
Best regards,
unSpawn
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