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Release ghostscript-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1 ALSA-2026:74457

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Assessment

Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
35/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Active
Domain
release, security

Research direction

No files, tests, or entry points are named. Start by locating the repository's process for recording AlmaLinux package updates, then use the listed Ghostscript packages and CVE-2026-39919 as the scope; done means the 9.54.0-19.el9_8.1 update is represented and validated for the affected architectures.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Description

ghostscript security update
Severity: Moderate
Description
The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents. Ghostscript translates PostScript code to common bitmap formats so that the code can be displayed or printed.

Security Fix(es):

  • ghostscript: ghostscript: Heap buffer overflow via JPEG 2000 output adapter (CVE-2026-39919)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Affected packages:
ghostscript-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.noarch
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
ghostscript-x11-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
libgs-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.i686
libgs-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
ghostscript-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x
ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.noarch
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x
ghostscript-x11-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x
libgs-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x
ghostscript-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.noarch
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
ghostscript-x11-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
libgs-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
ghostscript-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
ghostscript-doc-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.noarch
ghostscript-tools-dvipdf-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
ghostscript-x11-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
libgs-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
ghostscript-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.i686
ghostscript-tools-fonts-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.i686
ghostscript-tools-printing-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.i686
libgs-devel-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.i686
libgs-devel-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.x86_64
libgs-devel-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.ppc64le
libgs-devel-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.aarch64
libgs-devel-9.54.0-19.el9_8.1.s390x

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