Bug 853168 - setuid programs should be compiled with PIE flags
Summary: setuid programs should be compiled with PIE flags
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Status: CLOSED RAWHIDE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: cronie
Version: 18
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
high
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Marcela Mašláňová
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 853068
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Reported: 2012-08-30 16:10 UTC by Steve Grubb
Modified: 2012-11-22 14:25 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: cronie-1.4.9-1.fc19
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Last Closed: 2012-11-22 14:25:02 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Steve Grubb 2012-08-30 16:10:24 UTC 
Description of problem:
Setuid and daemon programs should have gcc's PIE support enabled for extra protection.

FILE                                                TYPE        RELRO    PIE 
/usr/bin/crontab                                    setuid      full     no  
/usr/sbin/crond                                     daemon      full     no  

You can use this program for testing:
http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/files/rpm-chksec
Comment 1 Marcela Mašláňová 2012-11-22 12:52:42 UTC 
Fix by upstream commit 55e543db7fe2c732ebacc2d295dd90b967757326.
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