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[SECURITY] [DSA 2428-1] freetype security update
From: Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm () debian org>
Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 21:48:00 +0100
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-2428-1 security () debian org http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff March 07, 2012 http://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : freetype Vulnerability : several Problem type : local Debian-specific: no CVE ID : CVE-2012-1133 CVE-2012-1134 CVE-2012-1136 CVE-2012-1142 CVE-2012-1144 Mateusz Jurczyk from the Google Security Team discovered several vulnerabilties in Freetype's parsing of BDF, Type1 and TrueType fonts, which could result in the execution of arbitrary code if a malformed font file is processed. For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze4. The updated packages are already available since yesterday, but the advisory text couldn't be send earlier. For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem will be fixed soon. We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages. Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: http://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: debian-security-announce () lists debian org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAk9ZGr4ACgkQXm3vHE4uylrqXwCgt7v0tCWBvNCK1W8+rKdi8QQq JR8AoOf6lqxPdAkafTtMJjD03zMxHWz8 =9Jet -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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