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[Kees Cook <kees@xxxxxxxxxx>]

** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
    Milestone: None => karmic-alpha-6

** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Matthias Klose (doko)

** Description changed:

- i386 Java is marked to have an executable stack[1].  This is potentially
+ Java is marked to have an executable stack[1].  This is potentially
  dangerous, and is simply an oversight from one of the compiled assembly
  files.  Adding stack markings to the assembly solves the issue.
  
  [1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/ExecutableStacks

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needlessly executable stack markings
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/409736
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Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: New

Bug description:
Java is marked to have an executable stack[1].  This is potentially dangerous, and is simply an oversight from one of the compiled assembly files.  Adding stack markings to the assembly solves the issue.

[1] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Roadmap/ExecutableStacks