Issued:

2015-07-22

Updated:

2015-07-22

RHBA-2015:1327 - dejavu-fonts bug fix and enhancement update

Synopsis

dejavu-fonts bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated dejavu-fonts packages that fix several bugs and add various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Description

The DejaVu fonts are a font family based on the Vera Fonts. Its purpose is to provide a wider range of characters while maintaining the original look and feel through the process of collaborative development.

The dejavu-fonts packages have been upgraded to upstream version 2.33, which provides a number of bug fixes and enhancements over the previous version. Notably, this adds a number of new characters and symbols to the supported fonts. (BZ#1060882)

Users of dejavu-fonts are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these bugs and add these enhancements.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details on how to apply this update, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• dejavu-sans-fonts-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-sans-mono-fonts-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-fonts-common-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-lgc-sans-mono-fonts-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-lgc-sans-fonts-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-lgc-serif-fonts-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-serif-fonts-2.33-1.el6.noarch.rpm
• dejavu-fonts-2.33-1.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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