Fedora 33: freetype 2.10.4 Critical: Buffer Overflow Fix

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Update to freetype 2.10.4 which fixes security flaw CVE-2020-15999.

* Fri Oct 23 2020 Marek Kasik - 2.10.4-1

- Update to 2.10.4

- Test bitmap size earlier for PNGs

- Fix memory leak in pngshim.c

- Enable man pages for demos

- Resolves: #1887084, #1890211

[ 1 ] Bug #1890210 - CVE-2020-15999 freetype: heap-based buffer overflow via malformed ttf files

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1890210

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