[Pkg-samba-maint] Bug#509135: please enable PIE during configure

Kees Cook kees at debian.org
Thu Dec 18 18:51:28 UTC 2008


Package: samba
Version: 2:3.2.5-2
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: ubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com
Usertags: origin-ubuntu jaunty ubuntu-patch

Hello!  Please enable PIE support in the build, since this is correctly
handled in the upstream build scripts (and is an upstream default).
This gains a measure of additional security on kernels that randomize
relocatable program segments.

Thanks,

-Kees

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Kees Cook                                            @debian.org
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