Public bug reported: It seems that evince is no longer built with -PIE in 15.04:
$ hardening-check /usr/bin/evince /usr/bin/evince: Position Independent Executable: no, normal executable! Stack protected: yes Fortify Source functions: no, only unprotected functions found! Read-only relocations: yes Immediate binding: no, not found! >From 14.04: $ hardening-check /usr/bin/evince /usr/bin/evince: Position Independent Executable: yes Stack protected: yes Fortify Source functions: no, only unprotected functions found! Read-only relocations: yes Immediate binding: yes evince is a targeted package for 'Built as PIE' here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features#Built_as_PIE ** Affects: evince (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to evince in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1496548 Title: evince no longer built with -PIE Status in evince package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: It seems that evince is no longer built with -PIE in 15.04: $ hardening-check /usr/bin/evince /usr/bin/evince: Position Independent Executable: no, normal executable! Stack protected: yes Fortify Source functions: no, only unprotected functions found! Read-only relocations: yes Immediate binding: no, not found! From 14.04: $ hardening-check /usr/bin/evince /usr/bin/evince: Position Independent Executable: yes Stack protected: yes Fortify Source functions: no, only unprotected functions found! Read-only relocations: yes Immediate binding: yes evince is a targeted package for 'Built as PIE' here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Features#Built_as_PIE To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/evince/+bug/1496548/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
