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TITLE:
Red Hat update for freetype

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA24885

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/24885/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2534/
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4669/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 3
http://secunia.com/product/2535/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 4
http://secunia.com/product/4668/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 3
http://secunia.com/product/2536/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 4
http://secunia.com/product/4670/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/13652/
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13653/
RHEL Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/13651/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat 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:
Updated packages are available from Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0150.html

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

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