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Red Hat update for freetype

Secunia Advisory:

SA24885

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Release Date:

2007-04-16

Popularity:

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Critical:

Moderately critical

Impact:

DoS
System access

Where:

From remote

Solution Status:

Vendor Patch

OS:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (Server)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation 5
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 4

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Description:
Red Hat has issued an update for freetype. This fixes a vulnerability, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.

For more information:
SA24768

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