ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13 source package in Ubuntu
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ghostscript (9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13) focal-security; urgency=medium * SECURITY UPDATE: heap-based pointer disclosure via constructed BaseFont name - debian/patches/CVE-2024-29508.patch: review printing of pointers in base/gsfont.c, base/gsicc_cache.c, base/gsmalloc.c, base/gxclmem.c, base/gxcpath.c, base/gxpath.c, base/szlibc.c, devices/gdevupd.c, devices/vector/gdevpdtb.c, psi/ialloc.c, psi/igc.c, psi/igcstr.c, psi/iinit.c, psi/imainarg.c, psi/isave.c, psi/iutil.c. - debian/patches/CVE-2024-29508-2.patch: remove extra arguments in devices/gdevupd.c. - CVE-2024-29508 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden> Wed, 10 Jul 2024 09:40:58 -0400
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ghostscript_9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13.debian.tar.xz | 140.9 KiB | 6c53d5b0eabd9b9cea49a020297840e9b9ce00e98da8b9975d38c09e4e9ac01b |
ghostscript_9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.13.dsc | 2.8 KiB | 6912a6754115f6a8ab4dad232cc50828329602665976cd549a8d20cb25545e9f |
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Binary packages built by this source
- ghostscript: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
Furthermore, it can render PostScript and PDF files as graphics to be
printed on non-PostScript printers. Supported printers include common
dot-matrix, inkjet and laser models.
- ghostscript-dbg: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Debug symbols
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
This package contains the debugging symbols for ghostscript,
ghostscript-x, and libgs9.
- ghostscript-doc: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Documentation
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
This package contains documentation for GPL Ghostscript, mainly
targeted developers and advanced users.
- ghostscript-x: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - X11 support
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
This package contains the GPL Ghostscript output device for X11.
- libgs-dev: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
This package provides the development files for the GPL Ghostscript
library which makes the facilities of GPL Ghostscript available to
applications.
- libgs9: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Library
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
This package provides the Ghostscript library which makes the
facilities of GPL Ghostscript available to applications.
- libgs9-common: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - common files
GPL Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing.
Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
.
This package provides common architecture-independent files needed by
the GPL Ghostscript library.
.
By default, GPL Ghostscript uses a font from the fonts-droid package to
approximate glyphs in PDFs for which the requested CJK TrueType font
is missing. If the fonts-droid package is not installed, these glyphs
will be rendered as bullets.