Red Hat Security Update: freetype

This update addresses one vulnerability in the freetype package for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, 4, and 5. An attacker could cause a system to crash or execute arbitrary code if a user loaded a font file that took advantage of an integer overflow in the way FreeType processed TTF font files. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Further information can be found at the Red Hat Network.