Secunia Security Advisory - Debian has issued an update for freetype. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
Debian update for freetype
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41595
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DESCRIPTION:
Debian has issued an update for freetype. This fixes a vulnerability,
which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of
Service) or compromise an application using the library.
For more information see vulnerability #2 in:
SA40586
SOLUTION:
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DSA-2116-1:
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