Solution
Please Install the Updated Packages.
Insight
A vulnerability was discovered and corrected in freetype2:
Integer signedness error in psaux/t1decode.c in FreeType before 2.4.6, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted Type 1 font in a PDF document, as exploited in the wild in July 2011 (CVE-2011-0226).
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The updated packages have been patched to correct this issue.
Affected
freetype2 on Mandriva Linux 2009.0,
Mandriva Linux 2009.0/X86_64,
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-2011-0226 -
CVSS Base Score: 9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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