Synopsis:	Important: freetype security update
Issue date:	2010-11-10
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-2805 CVE-2010-2806 CVE-2010-2808
                   CVE-2010-3311

It was found that the FreeType font rendering engine improperly 
validated certain position values when processing input streams. 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-2010-2805, CVE-2010-3311)

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType 
font rendering engine processed some PostScript Type 1 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-2010-2808)

An array index error was found in the way the FreeType font rendering
engine processed certain PostScript Type 42 font files. 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-2010-2806)

Note: All of the issues in this erratum only affect the FreeType 2 font
engine.

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

SL 6.x

      SRPMS:
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.src.rpm
      i386:
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
      x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.el6_0.1.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson