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Tue, 16 Nov 2010 15:27:53 -0600
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Security ERRATA Important: freetype on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: freetype security update
Issue date:	2010-11-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3855

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font
rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a
specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, 
it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary 
code with the privileges of the user running the application. 
(CVE-2010-3855)

Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine.

The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this 
update to take effect.

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.src.rpm
      i386:
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-utils-2.1.9-17.el4_8.1.x86_64.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.src.rpm
      i386:
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
      x86_64:
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.i386.rpm
freetype-devel-2.2.1-28.el5_5.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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