Home / vulnerabilities Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-157
Posted on 22 October 2011
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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory 2011-157 - FreeType allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted font. A regression was found in freetype2 in Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 that caused ugly font rendering with firefox. Additionally, improvements concerning the LZW handling (as noted in the freetype-2.4.7 version) was added. The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
