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Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2024:2966 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2024-05-22
Updated:
2024-05-22

RHSA-2024:2966 - Security Advisory

  • Overview
  • Updated Packages

Synopsis

Low: ghostscript security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Low

Red Hat Insights patch analysis

Identify and remediate systems affected by this advisory.

View affected systems

Topic

An update for ghostscript is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

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.

Security Fix(es):

  • ghostscript: Divide by zero in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c (CVE-2020-21710)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8.10 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Solution

For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, refer to:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

Affected Products

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8 aarch64
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8 s390x

Fixes

  • BZ - 2235001 - CVE-2020-21710 ghostscript: Divide by zero in eps_print_page in gdevepsn.c

CVEs

  • CVE-2020-21710

References

  • https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
  • https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/8/html/8.10_release_notes/index
Note: More recent versions of these packages may be available. Click a package name for more details.

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 8

SRPM
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 848a468134a924c15a5db855726c99f526647444004dc1c25f178782c3535051
x86_64
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5566ffe81e6630ebb87f542f70f349907962c7519a559ae046031d1e96a3f862
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: a804da238a7901c05da309aaac9f0938df7edeeec414239f6750340e95856e33
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db4f4931369b69909c301cfb6074d263efa4ec4aad81689d23fba909fef5dbdf
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3ac336ec74e994faf60223de3844e496dcd7afe463f15c48aade88cec5e6b456
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b61ab163d00e7ca04696703391a1530303e8d038105d33f5424f8cd33c7d6b9d
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4376dd53d32ed9f8d6019e608b591b61b829a09c0c923ca81c47fbf4949d36e
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d04f890285b38eee464e5a500e8c5b2ee2edfea834820dd713d8e648010e24d
ghostscript-x11-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 5faaf738400935ff4e01f83ccb2bd7893e234cd03b6d43f9740e6a9882fb9cc6
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 736acf311c550afa8036e8cf1aca7481e2e1a11b2c26f9bda5dc580374e9ae42
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e2a6e7aef3b79dd9e415bd730240002e52fb64d00eeef4b87cfde3b838c4e7f
libgs-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 05d77566dcc4f7a42bd5e63e6ce905af7e423dbb7569ccb40bff03394dbd2a3a
libgs-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 2ea3748dc5e72a524c0340eb0982c6c2a6c1f8abc08043b3c7952bc199efc5c0
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: e12322b607c7de1587ceb30a8d65d64fbdd9eabbc51a597bdd5f94c7502a28e1
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bf48e4e2e1364f41be65b70b31ebeb8d9e58391ecfb921980fbb4b84f2b5798e

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 848a468134a924c15a5db855726c99f526647444004dc1c25f178782c3535051
s390x
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 647f0508ee12b4b27a27d63996afff0a329bef8a9c0e73b031c3ad744574e9d0
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0c268425fa6769aa445836cc09a2ab43e82cb7c3c111c31cedc7afe503d6a7c6
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e3981f6d661cc99d7062c2b7117e7e03d408f28cfa3b692f66ea72e96088c978
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 5ba97e3e3af34c3f941a654c1d095e59d0a2a676769af700bce083792f8430c6
ghostscript-x11-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 516f59e61157d339d5a3b872c1344e66f97ca358e76d240265d70dc257a7f9f8
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 711f3823aac6cf0f48284920365c6d3c0f63b5ac0f94db756a247268d8b84f20
libgs-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 48fe2343f743da1d65471e49eb70eb83477fb806927d7f36705543a8a16fab67
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fee83f7aecda226e1517a1a1dd38e64dee4686f73aeb6480cbd3e7700838b705

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 848a468134a924c15a5db855726c99f526647444004dc1c25f178782c3535051
ppc64le
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ca78d4f1e6b7630b0dc54446263e1091594ab98ad8f128bb4c5821a8424eebea
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 795408aa9dc9bec00286701682c53315923ce5b1982744efe77a4bc31db9b566
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ddce3e09a920092e19a8845351a12a9adf303ee4c332a55265895af009fedbf3
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 528119c56e80c31c21c015dd0f78da01d19755d0979e889639b838cac63e1463
ghostscript-x11-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 76e289080a8b3f944b3b3f9548bd82e37d1d45533d736bba20c7b8cc352555b7
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b3d43ed859ca6868738dc5e717e60e0457d0df50153e0ee8aa1aac2fa005c6fa
libgs-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: fa3777d20dc86bc1fad6f19ba8891aa14208dcbc27ce0a02d917cc3ac274d57d
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 838aa5077196ab611cface9b2670ee34d7fad6f44a9d1dfdb323bfb5b3f82c2d

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM 64 8

SRPM
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.src.rpm SHA-256: 848a468134a924c15a5db855726c99f526647444004dc1c25f178782c3535051
aarch64
ghostscript-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 35219baaaa477454517c8da77a0de63d16ed42ccf7dbef81c489797c0ff21ddf
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8d468a56cff9f020a6692b5ed3da93ba458d000cba538721d694fbb5fb5e2fd5
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0e7266029fb9cf277a152180f555a2d950de2f2fc77224e1cc4755b8b335500e
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a7b4a6b5d70726f111e5fd7320a27f24aec3761c95115f5aa7f616ddc622030c
ghostscript-x11-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0c0aaecf622467cfd09382abb3a425893d779a7c554e508c1e5847cea08475a3
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b790d95c798dc83f816fd34c108aa4cc35030e9c6e3d7cd28dba4c74cdf8da3b
libgs-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 13e39c9f31a968c9de0a3795fc23a180d4faf01690fa17f077098559e535694f
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1a485034bf6a22c836a333edae23013f04c8a8a4440149e136bd2c687f199bd8

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for x86_64 8

SRPM
x86_64
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: a804da238a7901c05da309aaac9f0938df7edeeec414239f6750340e95856e33
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: db4f4931369b69909c301cfb6074d263efa4ec4aad81689d23fba909fef5dbdf
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 3ac336ec74e994faf60223de3844e496dcd7afe463f15c48aade88cec5e6b456
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: b61ab163d00e7ca04696703391a1530303e8d038105d33f5424f8cd33c7d6b9d
ghostscript-doc-9.27-12.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eb401e7bff01bbb614c9e716fb99e58044c037b8f68b1b6393d0ff33d1fac3c6
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: e4376dd53d32ed9f8d6019e608b591b61b829a09c0c923ca81c47fbf4949d36e
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 3d04f890285b38eee464e5a500e8c5b2ee2edfea834820dd713d8e648010e24d
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: e735082e908d9783b1b0c57a677e12cdee7683ff24dff9dd019f6da340bb268e
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 69a601718ca979f13299ad3ddecd9e4e2eaea7b9240b3aa9798a95c2333d396c
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 81e0aaa4c8b69ce67aaf164b516a5e5f4091ce7b0b51d15979ab5ba092807f91
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: 736acf311c550afa8036e8cf1aca7481e2e1a11b2c26f9bda5dc580374e9ae42
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: 1e2a6e7aef3b79dd9e415bd730240002e52fb64d00eeef4b87cfde3b838c4e7f
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: e12322b607c7de1587ceb30a8d65d64fbdd9eabbc51a597bdd5f94c7502a28e1
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: bf48e4e2e1364f41be65b70b31ebeb8d9e58391ecfb921980fbb4b84f2b5798e
libgs-devel-9.27-12.el8.i686.rpm SHA-256: fdd5d1a7c3dfc4b6016c1a5605445a08d7596c40ab2dc52ea2604e1e7a29e086
libgs-devel-9.27-12.el8.x86_64.rpm SHA-256: c0975aee45e1c4b610bcb711bb356ef075a45c47933d7b99d779114ce8952048

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for Power, little endian 8

SRPM
ppc64le
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 795408aa9dc9bec00286701682c53315923ce5b1982744efe77a4bc31db9b566
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: ddce3e09a920092e19a8845351a12a9adf303ee4c332a55265895af009fedbf3
ghostscript-doc-9.27-12.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eb401e7bff01bbb614c9e716fb99e58044c037b8f68b1b6393d0ff33d1fac3c6
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 528119c56e80c31c21c015dd0f78da01d19755d0979e889639b838cac63e1463
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 2986195b772d5069652347d55748d1877dda692cc7d8accd91905f975828b940
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d25cc7794685091f0de083faccf7ca32aa98ef933b98d46f5cd0413afba6b9a9
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: d208316c5e5ffdd8ffe399bed74e084dedcdeaed318c9626f753a5f3ec09148f
ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b3d43ed859ca6868738dc5e717e60e0457d0df50153e0ee8aa1aac2fa005c6fa
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: 838aa5077196ab611cface9b2670ee34d7fad6f44a9d1dfdb323bfb5b3f82c2d
libgs-devel-9.27-12.el8.ppc64le.rpm SHA-256: b52699571ac16a75428e823abbacde13dc58a21942cc87e1f83b3ee6e08d0dae

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for ARM 64 8

SRPM
aarch64
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 8d468a56cff9f020a6692b5ed3da93ba458d000cba538721d694fbb5fb5e2fd5
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 0e7266029fb9cf277a152180f555a2d950de2f2fc77224e1cc4755b8b335500e
ghostscript-doc-9.27-12.el8.noarch.rpm SHA-256: eb401e7bff01bbb614c9e716fb99e58044c037b8f68b1b6393d0ff33d1fac3c6
ghostscript-gtk-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: a7b4a6b5d70726f111e5fd7320a27f24aec3761c95115f5aa7f616ddc622030c
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 6440f8b6ba5199137346b3d4632902541a2cf43f3909edf41d28ef20a201115d
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ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: b790d95c798dc83f816fd34c108aa4cc35030e9c6e3d7cd28dba4c74cdf8da3b
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 1a485034bf6a22c836a333edae23013f04c8a8a4440149e136bd2c687f199bd8
libgs-devel-9.27-12.el8.aarch64.rpm SHA-256: 40f2b3b45346e35d4aaefce95e3b2a1a7be6c755654422510a4fc969fcc982d8

Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for IBM z Systems 8

SRPM
s390x
ghostscript-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 0c268425fa6769aa445836cc09a2ab43e82cb7c3c111c31cedc7afe503d6a7c6
ghostscript-debugsource-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: e3981f6d661cc99d7062c2b7117e7e03d408f28cfa3b692f66ea72e96088c978
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ghostscript-x11-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: 711f3823aac6cf0f48284920365c6d3c0f63b5ac0f94db756a247268d8b84f20
libgs-debuginfo-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: fee83f7aecda226e1517a1a1dd38e64dee4686f73aeb6480cbd3e7700838b705
libgs-devel-9.27-12.el8.s390x.rpm SHA-256: f4c9120d1d9768a51ff276b7f999009dbddafa428cea97c64be6beaada41bffc

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