ghostscript 9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4 source package in Ubuntu

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ghostscript (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.4) bionic-security; urgency=medium

  * SECURITY UPDATE: code execution vulnerability
    - debian/patches/CVE-2019-6116.patch: address .force* operators
      exposure in Resource/Init/gs_diskn.ps, Resource/Init/gs_dps1.ps,
      Resource/Init/gs_fntem.ps, Resource/Init/gs_fonts.ps,
      Resource/Init/gs_init.ps, Resource/Init/gs_lev2.ps,
      Resource/Init/gs_pdfwr.ps, Resource/Init/gs_res.ps,
      Resource/Init/gs_setpd.ps, Resource/Init/pdf_base.ps,
      Resource/Init/pdf_draw.ps, Resource/Init/pdf_font.ps,
      Resource/Init/pdf_main.ps, Resource/Init/pdf_ops.ps,
      psi/int.mak, psi/interp.c, psi/istack.c, psi/istack.h.
    - CVE-2019-6116

 -- Marc Deslauriers <email address hidden>  Wed, 16 Jan 2019 10:52:35 -0500

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ghostscript: interpreter for the PostScript language and for PDF

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

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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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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
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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

 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
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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.
 .
 This package provides the Ghostscript library which makes the
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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.
 .
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