Secunia Security Advisory - SUSE has issued an update for pango. This fixes two vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service) and potentially compromise an application using the library.
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TITLE:
SUSE update for pango
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43873
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DESCRIPTION:
SUSE has issued an update for pango. This fixes two vulnerabilities,
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:
SA42934
SA43578
SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the zypper package manager.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
SUSE-SU-2011:0216-1:
https://hermes.opensuse.org/messages/7723091
openSUSE-SU-2011:0221-1:
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-03/msg00019.html
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