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 BackupPC 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): BackupPC-3.2.1-13.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 BackupPC-3.2.1-13.fc19.x86_64.rpm BackupPC,BackupPC-3.2.1-13.fc19.x86_64.rpm,/usr/share/BackupPC/sbin/BackupPC_Admin,mode=0104750,NX=Enabled,CANARY=Disabled,RELRO=Partial,PIE=Disabled,RPATH=Disabled,RUNPATH=Disabled,FORTIFY=NA,CATEGORY=None
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/BackupPC-3.3.0-2.fc19
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el6
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el5 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 5. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el5
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/BackupPC-3.3.0-2.fc20
Package BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el6: * should fix your issue, * was pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 testing repository, * should be available at your local mirror within two days. Update it with: # su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=epel-testing BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el6' as soon as you are able to. Please go to the following url: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2014-0663/BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el6 then log in and leave karma (feedback).
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el5 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 5 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
BackupPC-3.3.0-2.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.