Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability has been discovered and corrected in freetype2:
FreeType allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption) via a crafted font (CVE-2011-3256).
A regression was found in freetype2 in Mandriva Enterprise Server 5 that caused ugly font rendering with firefox (#63892).
Additionally, improvements conserning the LZW handling (as noted in the freetype-2.4.7 version) was added.
The updated packages have been patched to correct these issues.
Affected
freetype2 on Mandriva Linux 2010.1,
Mandriva Linux 2010.1/X86_64,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5,
Mandriva Enterprise Server 5/X86_64
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2011-3256 -
CVSS Base Score: 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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