Ghostscript bug creates high CPU load
Issue
"ghostscript" package shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 (version 9.07.20) contains a bug which under certain circumstances causes "gs" to spin at 100% CPU load until manually killed.
Environment
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
packages affected:
ghostscript-9.07-19.el7.x86_64
ghostscript-9.07-20.el7.x86_64
ghostscript-9.07-20.el7_3.1.x86_64
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