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Fedora EPEL Update Notification
FEDORA-EPEL-2013-10405
2013-06-10 16:17:22
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Name : hardening-check
Product : Fedora EPEL 6
Version : 2.3
Release : 2.el6
URL :
http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/hardening-wrapper
Summary : Tool to check ELF for being built hardened
Description :
hardening-check is a tool to check whether an already compiled ELF file
was built using hardening flags.
It checks, using readelf, for these hardening characteristics:
* Position Independent Executable
* Stack protected
* Fortify source functions
* Read-only relocations
* Immediate binding
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Update Information:
hardening-check is a tool to check whether an already compiled ELF file was built using
hardening flags. It checks, using readelf, for these hardening characteristics: * Position
Independent Executable * Stack protected * Fortify source functions * Read-only
relocations * Immediate binding
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #971836 - Review Request: hardening-check - Tool to check ELF for being built
hardened
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=971836
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update programs. Use
su -c 'yum update hardening-check' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.
All packages are signed with the Fedora EPEL GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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