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  "cveId": "CVE-2023-4042",
  "url": "https://patchblox.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-4042",
  "summary": "CVE-2023-4042 is fixed in 8 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2023:7053, released November 14, 2023. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.",
  "title": "libgs-devel: The Ghostscript suite contains utilities for rendering PostScript and PDF documents",
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