[SECURITY] [DSA 2350-1] freetype security update

Debian Security Advisory DSA-2350-1 [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/ Moritz Muehlenhoff
November 20, 2011 http://www.debian.org/security/faq

Package : freetype
Vulnerability : missing input sanitising
Problem type : remote
Debian-specific: no
CVE ID : CVE-2011-3439
Debian Bug : 649122

It was discovered that missing input sanitising in Freetype's processing
of CID-keyed fonts could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

For the oldstable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.3.7-2+lenny8.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 2.4.8-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.

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