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Bug#149631: [ati/atimisc] DoS attack possible when viewing absurdly huge fonts on Mach64 GT rev 65



Hi, Branden, how's tricks?

> > > This issue should hopefully be fixed upstream in 4.3.0.  

> > Is this really the case? If so, this scary bug should be closed.

In the default configuration, it should no longer apply to Type 1
fonts.  However, it still applies to CIDFonts.

CIDFonts are history.  I recommend that your XF86Config-4 file should
*not* include `Load "type1"', so as to make sure you don't get bitten
by this bug.

                                        Juliusz




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