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Scientific Linux: CVE-2010-3855 Important Freetype Buffer Overflow Fix

Calendar Mar 03, 2011 • User Avatar LinuxSecurity Advisories
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security advisory update buffer overflow important freetype scientific linux software crash
Important: freetype security update 
Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 15:41:00 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
Sender: Security Errata for Scientific Linux
 
From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Important: freetype on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Important: freetype security update
Issue date:	2010-11-16
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-3855

A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the way the FreeType font
rendering engine processed certain TrueType GX fonts. If a user loaded a
specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType,
it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary
code with the privileges of the user running the application.
(CVE-2010-3855)

Note: This issue only affects the FreeType 2 font engine.

The X server must be restarted (log out, then log back in) for this
update to take effect.

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.src.rpm
 i386:
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.i686.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.i686.rpm
freetype-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm
freetype-demos-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.i686.rpm
freetype-devel-2.3.11-6.el6_0.2.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson