-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2018-c39ae23dc8 2018-09-17 03:54:20.308094 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name : ghostscript Product : Fedora 28 Version : 9.24 Release : 3.fc28 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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
This is a security fix for `CVE-2018-16802`. It also fixes a printing problem discovered in one of the previous CVE fixes. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Fri Sep 14 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.24-3 - ghostscript-9.24-002-icc-PermitReading.patch removed - ghostscript-9.24-002-fix-for-Canon-and-Kyocera-printers.patch added (bug #1626818) - ghostscript-9.24-003-CVE-2018-16802.patch added (bug #1627960) * Fri Sep 7 2018 Tom Callaway spot@fedoraproject.org - 9.24-2 - add upstream fix for reading in ICC profiles * Wed Sep 5 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.24-1 - rebase to latest upstream version, which contains important CVE fixes - additional ZER0-DAY fixes added * Wed Aug 29 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.23-7 - ghostscript-9.23-002-fixes-for-set-of-CVEs-reported-by-Google.patch added * Mon Jul 30 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.23-6 - ghostscript-9.23-001-create-GC-descriptors-for-JPEG-passthrough.patch added (bug #1589467) * Fri Jul 13 2018 Fedora Release Engineering releng@fedoraproject.org - 9.23-5 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_29_Mass_Rebuild * Tue May 15 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.23-4 - One more rebuild for libidn ABI fix (BZ#'s 1573961 and 1566414) * Mon May 14 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.23-3 - %conflicts_vers bumped to fix F27->F28 upgrade * Thu May 10 2018 Stephen Gallagher sgallagh@redhat.com - 9.23-2.1 - Rebuilding for libidn ABI fix (BZ#'s 1573961 and 1566414) * Mon Apr 23 2018 David Kaspar [Dee'Kej] dkaspar@redhat.com - 9.23-2 - Fix for CVE-2018-10194 added (bug #1569821) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- References:
[ 1 ] Bug #1626818 - ghostscript-9.23-6 causes "filter failed" error in cups https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1626818 [ 2 ] Bug #1627960 - CVE-2018-16802 ghostscript: Incorrect "restoration of privilege" checking when running out of stack during exception handling [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1627960 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2018-c39ae23dc8' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label
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