This bug was fixed in the package ghostscript -
9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.6
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ghostscript (9.26~dfsg+0-0ubuntu0.18.04.6) bionic-security; urgency=medium
* SECURITY REGRESSION: Ghostscript update causes blue background
(LP: #1817308)
- disable debian/patches/lp1815339.patch
-- Chris Coulson <[email protected]> Sat, 23 Feb 2019
06:52:25 +0100
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Title:
GhostScript Update causes Blue Background
Status in ghostscript package in Ubuntu:
Fix Released
Bug description:
I am running 64 bit Linux Mint 19.1, the Cinnamon desktop 4.0.9, with
kernel 4.15.0-45-generic.
Two days ago an update to ghostscript dated 20 FEB 2019 appeared, and
was applied to two of my machines (One is an Intel and one is an AMD,
but both are kept fully updated) that share a networked HP OfficeJet
6700 Printer.
At some point following the update, I happened to print a document,
and ended up with a blue background on every page, even otherwise
blank second sides. This occured regardless of a variety of
originating applications I used, such as LibreOffice, various text
editors, and even the CUPS "print test page" option.
It took me a while to troubleshoot this on that first machine (trying
different apps, reinstalling CUPS and so forth) until I realized the
new ghostscript update was the issue and that (after trying to print
from the second machine) it was affecting both machines.
I should note that, using the "non-CUPS" appearance of the same
printer, no blue background is present, but of course this provides no
features like ink-level reporting, dual-sided printing, etc.
I "restored" the ghostscript stuff from the last Timeshift backup and
that cured the issue but I think this is a serious matter that should
be addressed immediately (not the least because it's hard to read
black text on a blue background and it wastes a lot of ink).
I first posted this at
<https://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=288613#p1598888>
and then sent an e-mail to [email protected] (whose name was
on the update information) who advised me to post this bug here.
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