Strange updates today

[Dotan Cohen]

2008/11/17 Mark Fraser <kubuntu at mfraz.orangehome.co.uk>:
> Just done a rootkit check with rkhunter and it's found a few problems with
> checks on certain files in /bin and /sbin:
>
> [15:26:53] /bin/login                                        [ Warning ]
> [15:26:54] /bin/lsmod                                        [ Warning ]
> [15:26:56] /bin/su                                           [ Warning ]
> [15:27:02] /usr/bin/lastlog                                  [ Warning ]
> [15:27:04] /usr/bin/newgrp                                   [ Warning ]
> [15:27:05] /usr/bin/passwd                                   [ Warning ]
> [15:27:12] /sbin/depmod                                      [ Warning ]
> [15:27:14] /sbin/insmod                                      [ Warning ]
> [15:27:14] /sbin/lsmod                                       [ Warning ]
> [15:27:15] /sbin/modinfo                                     [ Warning ]
> [15:27:15] /sbin/modprobe                                    [ Warning ]
> [15:27:16] /sbin/rmmod                                       [ Warning ]
> [15:27:19] /usr/sbin/groupadd                                [ Warning ]
> [15:27:19] /usr/sbin/groupdel                                [ Warning ]
> [15:27:19] /usr/sbin/groupmod                                [ Warning ]
> [15:27:20] /usr/sbin/grpck                                   [ Warning ]
> [15:27:21] /usr/sbin/nologin                                 [ Warning ]
> [15:27:22] /usr/sbin/pwck                                    [ Warning ]
> [15:27:22] /usr/sbin/useradd                                 [ Warning ]
> [15:27:23] /usr/sbin/userdel                                 [ Warning ]
> [15:27:23] /usr/sbin/usermod                                 [ Warning ]
> [15:27:24] /usr/sbin/vipw                                    [ Warning ]
>
> Saying that the hash has changed. Am I right in thinking these are due to the
> update of the above packages?
>

I really think that you should start a new thread on that subject and
reference this one. You will get a lot more people's attention that
way, and this could be a serious / time-sensitive issue for your
machine.

-- 
Dotan Cohen

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