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Windows Applications Insecure Library Loading

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TITLE:
Fedora update for freetype

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA41864

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https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=41864

RELEASE DATE:
2010-10-20

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for freetype. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause
a DoS (Denial of Service) or compromise an application using the
library.

For more information:
SA40586
SA40816

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages using the yum utility ("yum update freetype").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2010-15705:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/049605.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
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EXPLOIT:
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