Issued:
2013-09-23
Updated:
2013-09-23

RHBA-2013:1277 - ghostscript bug fix update

Synopsis

ghostscript bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ghostscript packages that fix a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common, bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Previously, some PDF files with incomplete ASCII base-85 encoded images caused the ghostscript utility to terminate with the following error:

/syntaxerror in ID

The problem occurred when the image ended with "~" (tilde) instead of "~>" (tilde, right angle bracket) as defined in the PDF specification. An upstream patch has been applied and ghostscript now handles these PDF files without errors. (BZ#1006165)

Users of ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix this bug.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/site/articles/11258

Affected Products

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian5ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support5.9ppc
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems5s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support5.9s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9ia64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.9i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386

Updated Packages

  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390x.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • ghostscript-gtk-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc.rpm
  • ghostscript-gtk-8.70-15.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390x.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • ghostscript-gtk-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ia64.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390x.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.i386.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.src.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • ghostscript-gtk-8.70-15.el5_9.3.x86_64.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc64.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc64.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc.rpm
  • ghostscript-gtk-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390x.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc64.rpm
  • ghostscript-debuginfo-8.70-15.el5_9.3.ppc.rpm
  • ghostscript-8.70-15.el5_9.3.s390.rpm
  • ghostscript-devel-8.70-15.el5_9.3.i386.rpm

Fixes

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CVEs

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References

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Additional information