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pmount: should be built with PIE flags

Package(s):pmount CVE #(s):
Created:May 30, 2013 Updated:May 30, 2013
Description: From the Red Hat bugzilla:

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.

Alerts:
Fedora FEDORA-2013-8801 2013-05-30
Fedora FEDORA-2013-8789 2013-05-30

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