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Mandriva update for freetype2
Secunia Advisory: SA20638
Release Date: 2006-06-13
Last Update: 2006-06-14
Popularity: 5,432 views

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

OS:Mandriva Linux 2006

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-0747
CVE-2006-1861
CVE-2006-2661


Description:
Mandriva has issued an update for freetype2. This fixes some vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA20100

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

-- Mandrivalinux 2006 --

619ca319a2d61959baa1cd53f4474aad 2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
742c36c115164007bed1fb9fa2ee5441 2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
f5b80947791fc228b306e538b25176a0 2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
dec7a1fac7ce8f8d7e0c8e1319eef82e 2006.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

-- Mandrivalinux 2006/X86_64 --

4cefd19d4c7186bb0112e1ad0dc0b845 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
9e6d8e0703e0d9dc0218f9ea7f814cde x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
410cc94730e090a6eb19d7a70acbb662 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/lib64freetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.x86_64.rpm
619ca319a2d61959baa1cd53f4474aad x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
742c36c115164007bed1fb9fa2ee5441 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-devel-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
f5b80947791fc228b306e538b25176a0 x86_64/2006.0/RPMS/libfreetype6-static-devel-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.i586.rpm
dec7a1fac7ce8f8d7e0c8e1319eef82e x86_64/2006.0/SRPMS/freetype2-2.1.10-9.3.20060mdk.src.rpm

Changelog:
2006-06-14: Updated "Solution" section. New updated packages correct some issues with other applications and libraries linked to libfreetype.

Original Advisory:
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2006:099-1

Other References:
SA20100:
http://secunia.com/advisories/20100/


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