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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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