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Fedora 29: 2019-3f9a541a2e Critical: WebKitGTK+ Security Fix

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Calendar Grey May 11, 2018
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Augment executable protection on Fedora 28 via PAPI enhancements, modifying LDFLAGS and CFLAGS for improved application stability and robustness.
Changes to the spec file ensure the executables are built with the LDFLAGS and CFLAGS flags as described on https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/blob/rawhide/f/buil...

Summary

PAPI provides a programmer interface to monitor the performance of

running programs.

Changes to the spec file ensure the executables are built with the LDFLAGS and

CFLAGS flags as described on https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/redhat-rpm-config/blob/rawhide/f/buildflags.md to improve the security of the executables.

* Mon Apr 30 2018 William Cohen - 5.6.0-5

- Include various LDFLAGS/CFLAGS.

[ 1 ] Bug #1573096 - papi: Partial build flags injection

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1573096

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-5f7b78636d' at the command

line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the

GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

https://fedoraproject.org/security/

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Change Log

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Product: Fedora 28
Version: 5.6.0
Release: 5.fc28
URL: Summary : Performance Application Programming Interface

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