How does Red Hat check the default file permissions in RHEL?

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Issue

Does Red Hat check the permissions used in the distributions, or does Red Hat simply trust the builder of the RPM/source code to get it correct?

For example lets say someone changed the source for tcpdump so when the rpm is built the resultant program has SUID set; would that get flagged in your internal checks before being released to the public?

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)

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