[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: ghostscript-10.01.0-3.fc38
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-fbf86d8916
2023-04-15 02:01:33.486115
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Name : ghostscript
Product : Fedora 38
Version : 10.01.0
Release : 3.fc38
URL : https://ghostscript.com/
Summary : Interpreter for PostScript language & PDF
Description :
This package provides useful conversion utilities based on Ghostscript software,
for converting PS, PDF and other document formats between each other.
Ghostscript is a suite of software providing an interpreter for Adobe Systems'
PostScript (PS) and Portable Document Format (PDF) page description languages.
Its primary purpose includes displaying (rasterization & rendering) and printing
of document pages, as well as conversions between different document formats.
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Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2023-28879 ---- set 'a4' as a default in gs_init.ps to
fix unrecognized 'Letter' page size (#2183166)
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Apr 6 2023 Richard Lescak <rlescak(a)redhat.com> - 10.01.0-3
- fix for CVE-2023-28879 (#2184586)
- add patch for converting default page name to lowercase (#2183166)
* Mon Apr 3 2023 Richard Lescak <rlescak(a)redhat.com> - 10.01.0-2
- set 'a4' as a default in gs_init.ps to fix unrecognized 'Letter' page
size (#2183166)
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #2184585 - CVE-2023-28879 ghostscript: buffer overflow in base/sbcp.c leading
to data corruption
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184585
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
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http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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