Bug 724002

Summary: Library needs partial RELRO support added
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Reporter: Steve Grubb <sgrubb>
Component: nss-utilAssignee: Elio Maldonado Batiz <emaldona>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: BaseOS QE Security Team <qe-baseos-security>
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Priority: medium    
Version: 6.1CC: amarecek, rrelyea, syeghiay
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Fixed In Version: nss-util-3.12.10-2.el6 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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: 805716 (view as bug list) Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 12:11:01 UTC Type: ---
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Description Steve Grubb 2011-07-21 17:27:20 UTC
Description of problem:
The openssl 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 10 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 12:11:01 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-2011-1584.html