Debian: DSA-3370-1 Critical: FreeType Denial of Service Issue
debian
October 6, 2015
It was discovered that FreeType did not properly handle some malformed inputs
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Summary
For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2.
For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.2-3+deb8u1.
For the testing distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed
in version 2.6-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.6-1.
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: https://www.debian.org/security/
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Package: freetype
CVE ID: CVE-2014-9745 CVE-2014-9746 CVE-2014-9747
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