RHBA-2010:0646 - Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ghostscript packages that fix various bugs and add an enhancement are
now available.

Description

The Ghostscript suite provides a PostScript(TM) interpreter, a set of C
procedures (the Ghostscript library, which implements the graphics capabilities
in the PostScript language), and an interpreter for PDF files. Ghostscript
translates PostScript code into many common, bitmapped formats, like those
understood by most printers and displays. This enables users to display
PostScript files and print them on non-PostScript printers.

This update fixes the following bug:

• due to the incorrect page size handling, converting a PDF file to PostScript

may have caused the correct page size information to be lost. As a result, the
printed output may have been misplaced or partially visible only. With this
update, the conversion from PDF to PostScript works as expected. (BZ#592962)

All users of Ghostscript are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which
resolve this issue.

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
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 592962 - ghostscript does not preserve page size and margins with PDF to PS conversion

CVEs

(none)

References

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