[tbb-bugs] #13056 [Applications/Tor Browser]: Some stack canaries are still missing on Tor Browser binaries

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#13056: Some stack canaries are still missing on Tor Browser binaries
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 Reporter:  gk                        |          Owner:  tbb-team
     Type:  defect                    |         Status:  needs_information
 Priority:  Medium                    |      Milestone:
Component:  Applications/Tor Browser  |        Version:
 Severity:  Normal                    |     Resolution:
 Keywords:  tbb-security              |  Actual Points:
Parent ID:                            |         Points:
 Reviewer:                            |        Sponsor:
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Comment (by boklm):

 From https://wiki.debian.org/HardeningWalkthrough:

     Stack Protected: When an executable was built without any character
 arrays being allocated on the stack, this check will lead to false alarms
 (since there is no use of stack_chk_fail, even though it was compiled with
 the correct options.

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