--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2018-c1b8e0176c
2018-03-13 17:14:38.069856
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Name        : freetype
Product     : Fedora 26
Version     : 2.7.1
Release     : 10.fc26
URL         : https://freetype.org/
Summary     : A free and portable font rendering engine
Description :
The FreeType engine is a free and portable font rendering
engine, developed to provide advanced font support for a variety of
platforms and environments. FreeType is a library which can open and
manages font files as well as efficiently load, hint and render
individual glyphs. FreeType is not a font server or a complete
text-rendering library.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Update Information:

Security fix for CVE-2018-6942.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #1544771 - CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544771
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su -c 'dnf upgrade freetype' at the command line.
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Fedora 26: freetype Security Update

March 13, 2018
Security fix for CVE-2018-6942.

Summary

The FreeType engine is a free and portable font rendering

engine, developed to provide advanced font support for a variety of

platforms and environments. FreeType is a library which can open and

manages font files as well as efficiently load, hint and render

individual glyphs. FreeType is not a font server or a complete

text-rendering library.

Security fix for CVE-2018-6942.

[ 1 ] Bug #1544771 - CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544771

su -c 'dnf upgrade freetype' at the command line.

For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at

https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at

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FEDORA-2018-c1b8e0176c 2018-03-13 17:14:38.069856 Product : Fedora 26 Version : 2.7.1 Release : 10.fc26 URL : https://freetype.org/ Summary : A free and portable font rendering engine Description : The FreeType engine is a free and portable font rendering engine, developed to provide advanced font support for a variety of platforms and environments. FreeType is a library which can open and manages font files as well as efficiently load, hint and render individual glyphs. FreeType is not a font server or a complete text-rendering library. Security fix for CVE-2018-6942. [ 1 ] Bug #1544771 - CVE-2018-6942 freetype: NULL pointer dereference in the Ins_GETVARIATION() function https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1544771 su -c 'dnf upgrade freetype' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at https://fedoraproject.org/security/ package-announce mailing list -- package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to package-announce-leave@lists.fedoraproject.org

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Product : Fedora 26
Version : 2.7.1
Release : 10.fc26
URL : https://freetype.org/
Summary : A free and portable font rendering engine

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