Description of problem: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#PIE says that "you MUST enable the PIE compiler flags if your package is long running ...". However, currently vmpsd is not being built with PIE flags. This is a clear violation of the packaging guidelines. This issue (in its wider scope) is being discussed at, https://fedorahosted.org/fesco/ticket/1104 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/devel/2013-March/180827.html Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): vmpsd-1.4.04-3.fc19.x86_64.rpm How reproducible: You can use following programs to check if a package is hardened: http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/files/rpm-chksec OR https://github.com/kholia/checksec Steps to Reproduce: Get scanner.py from https://github.com/kholia/checksec $ ./scanner.py vmpsd-1.4.04-3.fc19.x86_64.rpm vmpsd,vmpsd-1.4.04-3.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/vmpsd,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=network-ip
Am communicating with upstream. A new upstream release will occur within the next few days.
vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc17
vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc18
Package vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc18: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 18 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc18' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-9244/vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc18 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
vmpsd-1.4.05-1.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/vmpsd-1.4.05-1.el6
vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
vmpsd-1.4.05-1.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
vmpsd-1.4.05-1.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.