Bug 990549 - vmtoolsd is built with only partial RELRO
Summary: vmtoolsd is built with only partial RELRO
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: open-vm-tools
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ravindra Kumar
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks: 983271
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-07-31 12:44 UTC by Richard W.M. Jones
Modified: 2013-08-31 19:17 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

Fixed In Version: open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.el6
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2013-08-18 21:32:18 UTC
Type: Bug
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Description Richard W.M. Jones 2013-07-31 12:44:55 UTC
Description of problem:

Daemon file compiled with only partial RELRO (should be full): /usr/bin/vmtoolsd

There is a script called rpm-chksec floating around which can
check for RELRO support in RPMs:

http://people.redhat.com/sgrubb/files/rpm-chksec

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

open-vm-tools-9.2.3-8.fc20

Comment 1 Fedora Update System 2013-08-09 03:09:09 UTC
open-vm-tools-9.2.3-10.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/open-vm-tools-9.2.3-10.fc19

Comment 2 Ravindra Kumar 2013-08-09 03:13:35 UTC
These builds contain the fix:
Fedora 19 - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=455341
Rawhide - http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=455340

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2013-08-09 07:44:46 UTC
open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.el6 has been submitted as an update for Fedora EPEL 6.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.el6

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2013-08-09 07:45:25 UTC
open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.fc18

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2013-08-10 04:00:12 UTC
Package open-vm-tools-9.2.3-10.fc19:
* should fix your issue,
* was pushed to the Fedora 19 testing repository,
* should be available at your local mirror within two days.
Update it with:
# su -c 'yum update --enablerepo=updates-testing open-vm-tools-9.2.3-10.fc19'
as soon as you are able to.
Please go to the following url:
https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2013-14571/open-vm-tools-9.2.3-10.fc19
then log in and leave karma (feedback).

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2013-08-18 21:32:18 UTC
open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2013-08-19 21:27:58 UTC
open-vm-tools-9.2.3-10.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2013-08-31 19:17:32 UTC
open-vm-tools-9.2.3-6.el6 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 6 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.


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