ghostscript 9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10 source package in Ubuntu

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ghostscript (9.50~dfsg-5ubuntu4.10) focal-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: Divide By Zero
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-21710-1.patch: add a zero check for
      bytes_per_space before using it for division in eps_print_page() in
      devices/gdevepsn.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-21710-2.patch: add a zero check for
      bytes_per_space before using it for division in epsc_print_page() in
      devices/gdevepsc.c
    - CVE-2020-21710
  * SECURITY UPDATE: Out-of-Bounds Write
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-21890-pre.patch: add the float res assignment
      in clj_get_params() in devices/gdevclj.c.
    - debian/patches/CVE-2020-21890.patch: change the variable for division
      to use res instead of fres.data that could be uninitialized, in
      clj_media_size() in devices/gdevclj.c.
    - CVE-2020-21890

 -- Rodrigo Figueiredo Zaiden <email address hidden>  Tue, 12 Sep 2023 11:40:34 -0300

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ghostscript: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF

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ghostscript-dbg: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Debug symbols

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ghostscript-doc: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Documentation

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 Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
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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.
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libgs-dev: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - Development Files

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 Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
 PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
 .
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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.
 .
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libgs9-common: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF - common files

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 Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display
 PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment.
 .
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 .
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