Ghostscript bug creates high CPU load

Solution Verified - Updated -

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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