tag 837562 + pending thanks Some bugs in the libembperl-perl package are closed in revision 541b0e9c6d9f88c7ca1929866d2e7effd13c388f in branch 'master' by Florian Schlichting
The full diff can be seen at https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-perl/packages/libembperl-perl.git/commit/?id=541b0e9 Commit message: Opt out of bindow (closes: #837562) quoting Niko from the bug: My understanding is that the Apache module parts (mod_embperl) get compiled into Embperl.so, but don't get used unless the thing is loaded by Apache. The 'bindnow' hardening is incompatible with this scheme; from the ld(1) documentation for '-z now': When generating an executable or shared library, mark it to tell the dynamic linker to resolve all symbols when the program is started, or when the shared library is linked to using dlopen, instead of deferring function call resolution to the point when the function is first called. So when perl dlopens Embperl.so without Apache, the ap_* functions aren't needed but still get loaded (unsuccessfully).
