news 28 Posted June 28, 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2008-179-01) New ruby packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, 12.1, and -current to fix security issues. More details about this issue may be found in the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2662 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2663 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2664 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2725 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2726 Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz: Upgraded to ruby-1.8.6-p230. This fixes a number of security related bugs in Ruby which could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition or allow execution of arbitrary code. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2662 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2663 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2664 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2725 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2726 (* 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_p230-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_p230-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_p230-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1.tgz MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 11.0 package: 70829776ab7cbb30fbfa3429b4546d16 ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz Slackware 12.0 package: 29432869dd2618b3bc1104a4a85a00d2 ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz Slackware 12.1 package: cbf731bb6eac93bed69445ca98daffb8 ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Slackware -current package: 3220b90e012fe21c2e70f45d0cac265a ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1.tgz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz Restart any services linked dynamically to Ruby. +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security ( -at -) slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ Share this post Link to post
