-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fedora Update Notification FEDORA-2023-fbf86d8916 2023-04-15 02:01:33.486115 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Information:
Security fix for CVE-2023-28879 ---- set 'a4' as a default in gs_init.ps to fix unrecognized 'Letter' page size (#2183166) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ChangeLog:
* Thu Apr 6 2023 Richard Lescak rlescak@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@redhat.com - 10.01.0-2 - set 'a4' as a default in gs_init.ps to fix unrecognized 'Letter' page size (#2183166) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-fbf86d8916' 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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