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Fedora 30: gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect Update for SELinux Issues

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Calendar Grey April 17, 2019
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Addresses vulnerabilities concerning the Meson build framework impacting software in Fedora 30 while ensuring SELinux integrity.
This update fixes a [bug](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/5268) in the Meson build system which caused binaries and libraries to incorrectly be marking as requiring an e...

Summary

The KDE Connect project allows devices to securely share content such as

notifications and files as well as interactive features such as SMS messaging

and remote input. The KDE Connect team maintains cross-desktop, Android and

Sailfish applications as well as an interface for KDE Plasma.

GSConnect is a complete implementation of KDE Connect especially for GNOME Shell

with Nautilus, Chrome and Firefox integration. It is does not rely on the KDE

Connect desktop application and will not work with it installed.

This update fixes a [bug](https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/5268) in

the Meson build system which caused binaries and libraries to incorrectly be

marking as requiring an executable stack. This makes them more vulnerable to

security issues, and also can result in errors caused by SELinux denials. This

update also provides rebuilds of all the packages that were built with the buggy

Meson, excepting packages for updates were already pending (in those cases,

those updates have been edited instead). This includes gnome-initial-setup,

which was affected by this problem, resulting in a [release-blocking

bug](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1699099) that prevented it

running correctly with SELinux in enforcing mode.

[ 1 ] Bug #1699099 - gnome-initial-setup 3.32.0+ crashes due to SELinux denials (because it has execstack flag set, because meson 0.50.0 sets it when it shouldn't)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1699099

su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2019-ac2a21ff07' 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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Product: Fedora 30
Version: 21
Release: 2.fc30
Summary: KDE Connect implementation for GNOME Shell

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