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Debian: DSA-2328-1 Critical: Freetype Memory Corruption Risk

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Calendar Grey October 24, 2011
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The recent Freetype upgrade resolves critical input validation vulnerabilities that could allow remote code execution. Users are advised to update for enhanced security.
It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's glyph handling could lead to memory corruption, resulting in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code
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Summary

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's glyph
handling could lead to memory corruption, resulting in denial of service
or the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.7-2+lenny7.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.7-1.

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/



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Package: freetype
CVE ID: CVE-2011-3256

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