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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-83c805b441
2023-07-23 01:23:15.263900
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Name        : ghostscript
Product     : Fedora 37
Version     : 9.56.1
Release     : 8.fc37
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:

fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217805)
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ChangeLog:

* Fri Jul 14 2023 Michael J Gruber  - 9.56.1-8
- fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217805)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #2217805 - CVE-2023-36664 ghostscript: vulnerable to OS command injection due to mishandles permission validation for pipe devices [fedora-37]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217805
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-83c805b441' 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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Fedora 37: ghostscript 2023-83c805b441

July 23, 2023
fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217805)

Summary

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:

fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217805)

Change Log

* Fri Jul 14 2023 Michael J Gruber - 9.56.1-8 - fix for CVE-2023-36664 (rhbz#2217805)

References

[ 1 ] Bug #2217805 - CVE-2023-36664 ghostscript: vulnerable to OS command injection due to mishandles permission validation for pipe devices [fedora-37] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2217805

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-83c805b441' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at https://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html

Severity
Name : ghostscript
Product : Fedora 37
Version : 9.56.1
Release : 8.fc37
URL : https://ghostscript.com/
Summary : Interpreter for PostScript language & PDF

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