Synopsis

ghostscript bug fix and enhancement update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ghostscript packages that fix several bugs and add an enhancement are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

The Ghostscript suite provides a PostScript 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.

These updated ghostscript packages provide fixes for the following bugs:

• Previously, using the ps2pdf utility to convert a PostScript file to the PDF
  format caused the resulting document to be created with non-working hyperlinks.
  This update applies an upstream patch that resolves this issue, and ps2pdf now
  creates PDF files with correct hyperlinks. (BZ#675307)
  
• Prior to this update, certain input files containing CID Type2 fonts were
  rendered with incorrect character spacing. This update modifies the code so that
  all input files with CID Type2 fonts are rendered correctly. (BZ#688996)
  
• Prior to this update, the page orientation was incorrect when pages in
  landscape orientation were converted to the PXL raster format. This update
  matches landscape page sizes as well as portrait page sizes, and sets the
  orientation parameter correctly when a match is found. (BZ#692165)
  

In addition, these updated ghostscript packages provide the following
enhancement:

• Improved support for the PDF/A format has been back-ported from upstream.
  (BZ#710074)
  

Users are advised to upgrade to these updated ghostscript packages, which
resolve these issues and add this enhancement.

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/kb/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 - 688996 - Incorrect spacing with a CIDType2 font with a gsub table

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: fdc16dd8f88cad07057bb510bdb32664e6294168148bb72a37c9aa5c688b42f2
x86_64
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: db045a82eb649d2b6ba31572ee06f51bce41b7f65e92fb87244dc2e49d6f50b7
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 20db582a40b51e1dc86883ec814e6822efc5ff649d0530c01736a425e420dedd
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 406c727f3a2fed0c7b91c8b2ba959824a2bb240b971f412ea3b5eeecb38bd742
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e81afb931726fdc1377b908fb97326045ecc589a42acc292318e4e3536f9ad
ia64
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: da52fb60dfbce93f518ef340cb0ee0310a1b1b3e9977249e6c7682822565a47a
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 2de2a8535f206d386e4255942df7b7ed70f9f3f06d8e227b9f63a45bde83be30
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: e8362856dfbda7ca13355673bad7d78289c0a584d245200e564d2996bf0281d2
i386
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 20db582a40b51e1dc86883ec814e6822efc5ff649d0530c01736a425e420dedd
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 28a9e0b28647e58ffb95dbf6559614787dec87bb2ab27cd28fca5c2d053fbc0b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: fdc16dd8f88cad07057bb510bdb32664e6294168148bb72a37c9aa5c688b42f2
x86_64
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: db045a82eb649d2b6ba31572ee06f51bce41b7f65e92fb87244dc2e49d6f50b7
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 20db582a40b51e1dc86883ec814e6822efc5ff649d0530c01736a425e420dedd
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 406c727f3a2fed0c7b91c8b2ba959824a2bb240b971f412ea3b5eeecb38bd742
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e81afb931726fdc1377b908fb97326045ecc589a42acc292318e4e3536f9ad
i386
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 20db582a40b51e1dc86883ec814e6822efc5ff649d0530c01736a425e420dedd
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 28a9e0b28647e58ffb95dbf6559614787dec87bb2ab27cd28fca5c2d053fbc0b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: fdc16dd8f88cad07057bb510bdb32664e6294168148bb72a37c9aa5c688b42f2
x86_64
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: db045a82eb649d2b6ba31572ee06f51bce41b7f65e92fb87244dc2e49d6f50b7
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e81afb931726fdc1377b908fb97326045ecc589a42acc292318e4e3536f9ad
i386
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 28a9e0b28647e58ffb95dbf6559614787dec87bb2ab27cd28fca5c2d053fbc0b

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: fdc16dd8f88cad07057bb510bdb32664e6294168148bb72a37c9aa5c688b42f2
s390x
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: d0b75258c67c518624f961f67646af000f9c39754ca49cbb020a3b08d28417aa
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 138947c07f746e91a741115b66f7da80da083f495776c91805fcf7a14d820577
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 15b91f678cd59f8df7ce5f5dbcacc497fd7bd9942f0d8ac1fb4a375d07927aac
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 327862c47b78e14a315e35cf8c4d88de89d9cc27858b79b85b78404a843391e0
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 15528e4a58968f5b394cc1a70551436b69380d3227cdbbcd09248860f32d048e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: fdc16dd8f88cad07057bb510bdb32664e6294168148bb72a37c9aa5c688b42f2
ppc
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 8f53700038680843eceb95fc0d312d14021124f614a259b3b6537c2ae29cd3ff
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: e0cd04d39fc51364ad1f19534c82ad21dc90d35e4285c4227cd4b65cc858c198
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 0cb950a55928710eb45e163d63ebda26b605c9fe84c8c477df8a8490a2a08c7f
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: 2434dd04beea7df33782df62d4824fb83e901b61c1fc2dcaf8e42505f676a2aa
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: ecfdaedebe38037e9a343d9bb00af8447f73c8d4db0f17331e88d06311f45bd9

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: fdc16dd8f88cad07057bb510bdb32664e6294168148bb72a37c9aa5c688b42f2
x86_64
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: db045a82eb649d2b6ba31572ee06f51bce41b7f65e92fb87244dc2e49d6f50b7
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 20db582a40b51e1dc86883ec814e6822efc5ff649d0530c01736a425e420dedd
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 406c727f3a2fed0c7b91c8b2ba959824a2bb240b971f412ea3b5eeecb38bd742
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: b0e81afb931726fdc1377b908fb97326045ecc589a42acc292318e4e3536f9ad
i386
ghostscript-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 74d2a32fa0d771348a9d224559eddf1f27d0cb556995926ecc09c8ba4785a2c7
ghostscript-devel-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 20db582a40b51e1dc86883ec814e6822efc5ff649d0530c01736a425e420dedd
ghostscript-gtk-8.70-14.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 28a9e0b28647e58ffb95dbf6559614787dec87bb2ab27cd28fca5c2d053fbc0b