Description of problem: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Packaging:Guidelines#PIE says that "you MUST enable the PIE compiler flags if your package has suid binaries...". However, currently pmount 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): pmount-0.9.23-3.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 pmount-0.9.23-3.fc19.x86_64.rpm pmount,pmount-0.9.23-3.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/pmount,mode=0104755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None pmount,pmount-0.9.23-3.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/bin/pumount,mode=0104755,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Enabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=Enabled,CATEGORY=None
pmount-0.9.23-4.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pmount-0.9.23-4.fc18
pmount-0.9.23-4.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pmount-0.9.23-4.fc19
pmount-0.9.23-4.fc17 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 17. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/pmount-0.9.23-4.fc17
Package pmount-0.9.23-4.fc17: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora 17 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing pmount-0.9.23-4.fc17' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-8789/pmount-0.9.23-4.fc17 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
pmount-0.9.23-4.fc17 has been pushed to the Fedora 17 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
pmount-0.9.23-4.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
pmount-0.9.23-4.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.