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freetype package

Sync freetype 2.4.6-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Bug #821512 reported by Marc Deslauriers
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Bug Description

Please sync freetype 2.4.6-1 (main) from Debian unstable (main)

Changelog entries since current oneiric version 2.4.4-2:

freetype (2.4.6-1) unstable; urgency=low

  * New upstream release
    - fixes CVE-2011-0226, a vulnerability in parsing of Type 1 fonts.
      Closes: #635871.
    - upstream now builds cleanly with -Werror and the new gcc-4.6 upstream
      warnings. Closes: #625328.

 -- Steve Langasek <email address hidden> Thu, 04 Aug 2011 05:49:09 +0000

Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur)
Changed in freetype (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
status: New → Confirmed
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Steve Langasek (vorlon) wrote :

Note that behavior regressions have been reported with the new upstream version of freetype (Debian bug #636844, Debian bug #636776).

Revision history for this message
Marc Deslauriers (mdeslaur) wrote :

Oh, interesting.
I'll simply backport the security fixes then until the issue with upstream freetype is resolved.
Closing this bug.

Thanks Steve.

Changed in freetype (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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