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Slackware 2012-176-01 Critical: Freetype Security Patch Details

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Calendar Grey June 25, 2012
Dist Slackware Esm H88
Latest freetype updates resolve security vulnerabilities across several Slackware editions, promoting secure functionality.
New freetype packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues

Summary

Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog: Since freetype-2.4.8 many fixes were made to better handle invalid fonts. Many of them are vulnerabilities (see CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144 and SA48320) so all users should upgrade. (* Security fix *)

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Topics Covered

security advisory update critical slackware security patch freetype font handling

Where Find New Packages

Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:

MD5 Signatures

Slackware 11.0 package: 740e8dcfabaeff661ab42316495ab324 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
Slackware 12.0 package: 254ec70c308b104f79810b3a3b5bb79a freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz
Slackware 12.1 package: 58e6699ef9b09abbbc0c17b8793357d9 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
Slackware 12.2 package: e4a4ba0aad57006f03e5e6f81f0e3a8d freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
Slackware 13.0 package: c6f2ab74f96c9bb03e2abe3b0e031283 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.0 package: b1a0ad100d3cb146055e8752a8be1452 freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz
Slackware 13.1 package: f13024720917072696ca5ba2f6e98763 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: cebc333382fc66e5fbd6097ac55db359 freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz
Slackware 13.37 package: 01ae6eee15c5971c154fe3766c1b031a freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 47519986902baeec97e3fdfa39d3a629 freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz
Slackware -current package: b292822ba1322020d6f35639ba5890d4 l/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package: d012790aad587a2a4fc8fce1f4597199 l/freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1.txz

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security advisory update critical slackware security patch freetype font handling

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Installation Instructions

Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

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