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TITLE:
Gentoo update for freetype

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25096

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25096/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Gentoo Linux 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/339/

DESCRIPTION:
Gentoo 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:
Update to "media-libs/freetype-2.1.10-r3" or later.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-02.xml

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

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