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Ubuntu 6.06, 6.10, 7.04: USN-466-1 Moderate Freetype Code Execution Risk
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May 30, 2007
In response to the freetype security vulnerability (USN-466-1), Ubuntu users must act swiftly to safeguard their systems with these essential steps
Victor Stinner discovered that freetype did not correctly verify the number of points in a TrueType font
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Topics Covered
security advisory
update
code execution
remote attack
Ubuntu
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