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freetype2: code execution

Package(s):freetype2 CVE #(s):CVE-2011-3256
Created:October 21, 2011 Updated:December 28, 2012
Description:

From the Mandriva advisory:

FreeType allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font (CVE-2011-3256).

Alerts:
SUSE SUSE-SU-2011:1307-1 2011-12-08
SUSE SUSE-SU-2011:1306-1 2011-12-08
Fedora FEDORA-2011-15956 2011-11-15
Ubuntu USN-1267-1 2011-11-18
Fedora FEDORA-2011-14749 2011-10-22
CentOS CESA-2011:1402 2011-11-09
Scientific Linux SL-free-20111025 2011-10-25
CentOS CESA-2011:1402 2011-10-26
Red Hat RHSA-2011:1402-01 2011-10-25
Debian DSA-2328-1 2011-10-24
Mandriva MDVSA-2011:157 2011-10-21
openSUSE openSUSE-SU-2012:0015-1 2012-01-05
Gentoo 201201-09 2012-01-23
Red Hat RHSA-2012:0094-01 2012-02-02
Oracle ELSA-2012-0467 2012-04-12
SUSE SUSE-SU-2012:0553-1 2012-04-23
Mageia MGASA-2012-0369 2012-12-27
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