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A ghostscript security update has been released for Fedora 34.



SECURITY: Fedora 34 Update: ghostscript-9.54.0-2.1.fc34


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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2021-256c80b4eb
2021-09-20 13:55:08.442665
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Name : ghostscript
Product : Fedora 34
Version : 9.54.0
Release : 2.1.fc34
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:

Rebase with Security fix for CVE-2021-3781
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ChangeLog:

* Tue Sep 14 2021 Richard Lescak - 9.54.0-2.1
- Bumped a version to unblock build
* Tue Sep 14 2021 Richard Lescak - 9.54.0-1
- Rebase with patches for (#1989084) and CVE-2021-3781 (#2003085)
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References:

[ 1 ] Bug #2002271 - CVE-2021-3781 ghostscript: sandbox escape using '%pipe%'
  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2002271
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This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use
su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2021-256c80b4eb' 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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