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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

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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