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Debian: DSA-3839-1 Moderate: Freetype Denial of Service Threat

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Calendar Grey April 28, 2017
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Security patch issued for Freetype flaws in Debian DSA-3839-1 to mitigate risks of arbitrary code execution and denial-of-service scenarios.
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Freetype
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Summary

For the stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in
version 2.5.2-3+deb8u2.

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/



Package: freetype
CVE ID: CVE-2016-10244 CVE-2017-8105 CVE-2017-8287

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