SECURITY: Fedora 37 Update: ghostscript-9.56.1-7.fc37
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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2023-f51bc947bb
2023-04-12 01:32:13.145126
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Name : ghostscript
Product : Fedora 37
Version : 9.56.1
Release : 7.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:
Security fix for CVE-2023-28879
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ChangeLog:
* Thu Apr 6 2023 Richard Lescak - 9.56.1-7
- fix for CVE-2023-28879
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References:
[ 1 ] Bug #2184585 - CVE-2023-28879 ghostscript: buffer-overblow in base/sbcp.c leading to data corruption
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2184585
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2023-f51bc947bb' 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
All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key. More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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A ghostscript security update has been released for Fedora 37.