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[slackware-security]  ghostscript (SSA:2024-067-01)

New ghostscript packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.


Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz:  Rebuilt.
  Fixes security issues:
  A vulnerability was identified in the way Ghostscript/GhostPDL called
  tesseract for the OCR devices, which could allow arbitrary code execution.
  Thanks to J_W for the heads-up.
  Mishandling of permission validation for pipe devices could allow arbitrary
  code execution.
  For more information, see:
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-36664
  (* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project!  :-)

Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.

Updated package for Slackware 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:


MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
533102bd76c090b72680cf466386a458  ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
b1ee06e28fd81b1d04a3b62a5a953886  ghostscript-9.55.0-x86_64-2_slack15.0.txz

Slackware -current package:
a40a1e316f17c75b753c8d9e3a59dff2  ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
799f7a0f77d8a2e7624f8b4a97942d45  ap/ghostscript-10.03.0-x86_64-1.txz


Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ghostscript-9.55.0-i586-2_slack15.0.txz


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