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Hi Francesco,

On Thu, Oct 13, 2016 at 11:56:22PM +0200, Francesco Poli (wintermute) wrote:
> Package: libgs9
> Version: 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3
> Severity: grave
> Tags: security
> Justification: renders package unusable
> 
> Hello!
> 
> I had a bad surprise today in jessie.
> After the security update:
> 
>   [UPGRADE] libgs9:amd64 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u1 -> 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3
>   [UPGRADE] libgs9-common:amd64 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u1 -> 9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u3
> 
> I was unable to use zathura or evince (maybe other PS viewers are
> affected):
> 
>   $ zathura foo.eps
>   warning: Failed to loads bookmarks.
>   invalidaccess -7
>   error: Rendering failed (page 1)
>   $ evince foo.eps
>   invalidaccess -7
>   invalidaccess -7
>   Segmentation fault
> 
> After downgrading back to libgs9/9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u1 and
> libgs9-common/9.06~dfsg-2+deb8u1, everything is back to normal
> and the two PS viewers work again.
> 
> What went wrong?
> If this is indeed a regression (as it seems to be), please fix it
> as soon as possible!

This was indeed not spotted in my testing of the update for the DSA.
The blame for this should solely go to myself (not the team). We
should find the cause asap and find a fix. I can reproduce it with
evince.

Regards,
Salvatore

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