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Gentoo update for freetype
Secunia Advisory: SA25463
Release Date: 2007-05-31
Popularity: 3,990 views

Critical:
Moderately critical
Impact: DoS
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-2754


Description:
Gentoo 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 potentially compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA25350

Solution:
Update to "media-libs/freetype-2.3.4-r2" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-22.xml

Other References:
SA25350:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25350/


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