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TITLE:
Fedora update for freetype

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA47028

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-11-29

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DESCRIPTION:
Fedora has issued an update for freetype. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise an application using the library. 

For more information:
SA46575
SA46839

SOLUTION:
Apply updated packages via the yum utility ("yum update freetype").

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
FEDORA-2011-15956:
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-November/070251.html

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