Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2155-1 freetype -- several vulnerabilities
- Date Reported:
- 30 Jan 2011
- Affected Packages:
- freetype
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2010-3814, CVE-2010-3855.
- More information:
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Two buffer overflows were found in the Freetype font library, which could lead to the execution of arbitrary code.
For the stable distribution (lenny), this problem has been fixed in version 2.3.7-2+lenny5.
For the testing distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 2.4.2-2.1.
We recommend that you upgrade your freetype packages.