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TITLE:
Slackware update for freetype

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24921

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24921/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Slackware Linux 11.0
http://secunia.com/product/13491/

DESCRIPTION:
Slackware 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

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages.

Slackware 10.1:
f43963a12395187f84a5a893a9b49b08  x11-6.8.1-i486-6_slack10.1.tgz
d50e827c4b6662dcad766a7bd7a21a65 
x11-devel-6.8.1-i486-6_slack10.1.tgz
cef7148c39d423ecab3e2ccccd3adb84 
x11-xdmx-6.8.1-i486-6_slack10.1.tgz
f14c00ed7581968f0b1f48090ff3b88e 
x11-xnest-6.8.1-i486-6_slack10.1.tgz
578877ff6ce1d31ac4260ef6aeee9782 
x11-xvfb-6.8.1-i486-6_slack10.1.tgz

Slackware 10.2:
391c07940d6953297bf5c8f34d3e9d08  x11-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2.tgz
964ad494c2b38a2b6691d4146edf38f0 
x11-devel-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2.tgz
e0abb822a02da4189999ed3ec728cc7f 
x11-xdmx-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2.tgz
355e7d7b950271c9113c041be6987574 
x11-xnest-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2.tgz
a19ad4440384fe676fb5ba39d781a0ed 
x11-xvfb-6.8.2-i486-9_slack10.2.tgz

Slackware 11.0:
54347dc1526ece8d23c43b4b9fb19ece 
fontconfig-2.4.2-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
db824c40a99a28faa622ffa1dd6c147c 
freetype-2.3.4-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz
2364ff264047eb9a7055a7d3ed82ffdc  x11-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0.tgz
9e177d82b3d9e48ccfca95ac556771ef 
x11-devel-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0.tgz
0b42fd71db86207b08987316ed567210 
x11-xdmx-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0.tgz
3bac6d7d422dc015f7d99db93b61a9ca 
x11-xnest-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0.tgz
a523bce573612986a59aa39214dffc9d 
x11-xvfb-6.9.0-i486-13_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware -current:
e37bde7696812341354b94fef81e4b91  freetype-2.3.4-i486-1.tgz

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.626733

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA24768:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24768/

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