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Debian: DSA-3461-1 Critical: Freetype Malformed Font Denial of Service

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Calendar Grey January 31, 2016
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Address significant Freetype vulnerabilities in Debian associated with corrupted font files that could lead to arbitrary code execution.
Mateusz Jurczyk discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Freetype
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Summary

For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed
in version 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u3.

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-2014-9674

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