news 28 Posted June 28, 2013 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2013-178-01) New ruby packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update patches a vulnerability in Ruby's SSL client that could allow man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via a valid certificate issued by a trusted certification authority. For more information, see: http://www.muby-lang.org/en/news/2013/06/27/hostname-check-bypassing-vulnerability-in-openssl-client-cve-2013-4073/ http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4073 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating FTP and rsync hosting to the Slackware project! :-) Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://slackware.com for additional mirror sites near you. Updated package for Slackware 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.1/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1.txz Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1.txz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.1 package: ed7eaa7fdb9ee08dd69e444a6c2c23d8 ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 163e6c7d99abb43725d37c6ff16681ce ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: 3c23d63e4e8dcdd3465f63f38cb05663 ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: c7cb042a91dbe0882366b73bf2025ee0 ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: dfb8718508b9dca9ce1b56c2fd90d3fd ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 7ec70f13351a8ccd31f8d61169a453d1 ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware -current package: 06a4826e83382f0c722855bea37f766a d/ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 13fe939b565e81fe4a57ddbdf8217286 d/ruby-1.9.3_p448-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.9.3_p448-i486-1_slack14.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
