--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-94665e91e0
2018-01-18 21:10:55.896637
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : rootsh
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 1.5.3
Release     : 17.fc26
URL         : https://sourceforge.net/projects/rootsh/
Summary     : Shell wrapper for auditing
Description :
Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and
terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. Its main purpose is the
auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start
rootsh through the sudo mechanism.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Fix permissions on rootsh log directory to limit it to root.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1526255 - rootsh log directory is world readable
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526255
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade rootsh' at the command line.
For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at
https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Fedora 26: rootsh Security Update

January 18, 2018
Fix permissions on rootsh log directory to limit it to root.

Summary

Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and

terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. Its main purpose is the

auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start

rootsh through the sudo mechanism.

Fix permissions on rootsh log directory to limit it to root.

[ 1 ] Bug #1526255 - rootsh log directory is world readable

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526255

su -c 'dnf upgrade rootsh' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

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FEDORA-2018-94665e91e0 2018-01-18 21:10:55.896637 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 1.5.3 Release : 17.fc26 URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/rootsh/ Summary : Shell wrapper for auditing Description : Rootsh is a wrapper for shells which logs all echoed keystrokes and terminal output to a file and/or to syslog. Its main purpose is the auditing of users who need a shell with root privileges. They start rootsh through the sudo mechanism. Fix permissions on rootsh log directory to limit it to root. [ 1 ] Bug #1526255 - rootsh log directory is world readable https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1526255 su -c 'dnf upgrade rootsh' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 26
Version : 1.5.3
Release : 17.fc26
URL : https://sourceforge.net/projects/rootsh/
Summary : Shell wrapper for auditing

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