Bug 723999

Summary:	Library needs partial RELRO support added
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Reporter:	Steve Grubb <sgrubb>
Component:	openldap	Assignee:	Jan Vcelak <jvcelak>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:	BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	6.1	CC:	jplans, jvcelak, omoris, ovasik, tsmetana
Target Milestone:	rc
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Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
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Fixed In Version:	openldap-2.4.23-17.el6	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	- all tools using openldap library - not a bug, but security enhancement - '-Wl,-z,relro' flags are passed to the compiler - libraries are compiled with partial RELRO support, which is a security hardening	Story Points:	---
Clone Of:
Clones:	733071 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2011-12-06 11:49:20 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Blocks:	733071

Description Steve Grubb 2011-07-21 17:21:09 UTC

Description of problem:
The openldap package contains libraries. We would like them to be built with
partial RELRO support as a security enhancement.

Additional info:
Partial RELRO requires these passed at link:
-Wl,-z,relro

Comment 3 Jan Vcelak 2011-08-15 08:23:58 UTC

Resolved in openldap-2.4.23-17.el6

Comment 4 Jan Vcelak 2011-08-15 11:34:17 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
- all tools using openldap library
- not a bug, but security enhancement
- '-Wl,-z,relro' flags are passed to the compiler
- libraries are compiled with partial RELRO support, which is a security hardening

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 11:49:20 UTC

Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2011-1514.html