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Fedora 25 Ghostscript Update: 2017-047cffb598 Moderate Null Pointer Problem

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Update available for Ghostscript on Fedora 25 fixing potential null pointer vulnerabilities. Ensure your system remains secure by applying the latest updates!
Security fix for [CVE-2017-7207](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434353).

Summary

Ghostscript is a set of software that provides a PostScript

interpreter, a set of C procedures (the Ghostscript library, which

implements the graphics capabilities in the PostScript language) and

an interpreter for Portable Document Format (PDF) files. Ghostscript

translates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, like

those understood by your printer or screen. Ghostscript is normally

used to display PostScript files and to print PostScript files to

non-PostScript printers.

If you need to display PostScript files or print them to

non-PostScript printers, you should install ghostscript. If you

install ghostscript, you also need to install the ghostscript-fonts

package.

Update Information:

Security fix for [CVE-2017-7207](https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434353).

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update Fedora ghostscript null pointer threat mitigation

Change Log

References


[ 1 ] Bug #1434497 - CVE-2017-7207 ghostscript: Null pointer dereference in mem_get_bits_rectangle() [fedora-all] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434497

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade ghostscript' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

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Name: ghostscript
Product: Fedora 25
Version: 9.20
Release: 7.fc25
URL: https://www.ghostscript.com/
Summary: A PostScript interpreter and renderer

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Topics Covered

security advisory moderate software update Fedora ghostscript null pointer threat mitigation

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