Bug 724003 - Library needs partial RELRO support added
Summary: Library needs partial RELRO support added
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: nss-softokn
Version: 6.1
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
medium
medium
Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Elio Maldonado Batiz
QA Contact: Aleš Mareček
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Depends On:
Blocks: 805719
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-21 17:28 UTC by Steve Grubb
Modified: 2012-03-21 21:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

Fixed In Version: nss-softokn-3.12.9-9.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Clone Of:
: 805719 (view as bug list)
Environment:
Last Closed: 2011-12-06 12:11:03 UTC
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Red Hat Product Errata RHBA-2011:1584 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE nspr, nss, nss-softokn and nss-util bug fix and enhancement update 2011-12-06 00:38:51 UTC

Description Steve Grubb 2011-07-21 17:28:39 UTC 
Description of problem:
The nss 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 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-12-06 12:11:03 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
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