A freetype security update has been released for Slackware

New freetype packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, and -current to fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 13.37 ChangeLog:
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Since freetype-2.4.8 many fixes were made to better handle invalid fonts.
Many of them are vulnerabilities (see CVE-2012-1126 up to CVE-2012-1144
and SA48320) so all users should upgrade.
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Updated package for Slackware 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.0/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/l/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/l/freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1.txz


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 11.0 package:
740e8dcfabaeff661ab42316495ab324 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

Slackware 12.0 package:
254ec70c308b104f79810b3a3b5bb79a freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

Slackware 12.1 package:
58e6699ef9b09abbbc0c17b8793357d9 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

Slackware 12.2 package:
e4a4ba0aad57006f03e5e6f81f0e3a8d freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz

Slackware 13.0 package:
c6f2ab74f96c9bb03e2abe3b0e031283 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.0 package:
b1a0ad100d3cb146055e8752a8be1452 freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.0.txz

Slackware 13.1 package:
f13024720917072696ca5ba2f6e98763 freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
cebc333382fc66e5fbd6097ac55db359 freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
01ae6eee15c5971c154fe3766c1b031a freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
47519986902baeec97e3fdfa39d3a629 freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware -current package:
b292822ba1322020d6f35639ba5890d4 l/freetype-2.4.10-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
d012790aad587a2a4fc8fce1f4597199 l/freetype-2.4.10-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg freetype-2.4.10-i486-1_slack13.37.txz