news 28 Posted May 1, 2009 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2009-120-01) New ruby packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, 12.2, and -current to fix a problem with REXML and other security issues. For details about the REXML issue, see: http://www.muby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ A full list may be found in the ChangeLog file included with the source code. Here are the details from the Slackware 12.2 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz: Upgraded to ruby-1.8.7-p160. This update fixes a DoS in REXML. For details, see: http://www.muby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ HINT: Getting slow download speeds from ftp.slackware.com? Give slackware.osuosl.org a try. This is another primary FTP site for Slackware that can be considerably faster than downloading directly from ftp.slackware.com. Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (http://osuosl.org) for donating additional 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 11.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-11.0/patches/packages/ruby-1.8.6_p368-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.0/patches/packages/ruby-1.8.6_p368-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.1/patches/packages/ruby-1.8.6_p368-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware 12.2: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-12.2/patches/packages/ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: 4ec0a9955bab3bfa8c5b1a16c24b172a ruby-1.8.6_p368-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: e396baa7eeacef285482253a19c37395 ruby-1.8.6_p368-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: 82f78cebe868bb40c1a7ac99193e7a1c ruby-1.8.6_p368-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware 12.2 package: 9eba5df43c89ea703e5903b731fa40d5 ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz Slackware -current package: 0bb4df63d8f65bf66690a08c0b23a0db ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
