[slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2008-334-01)

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[slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2008-334-01)

 

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and 12.1 to

fix bugs and a security issue.

 

More details about the issue may be found in the Common

Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) database:

 

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1447

 

 

Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog:

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patches/packages/ruby-1.8.6_p287-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz:

Upgraded to ruby-1.8.6-p287.

This fixes several bugs in the previous Ruby update, including a security

issue where the DNS resolver did not randomize the source port and

transaction id sufficiently.

For more information, see:

http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-1447

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Where to find the new packages:

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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_p287-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_p287-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_p287-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

 

MD5 signatures:

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Slackware 11.0 package:

68f319999719565f3f05acf61e791f92 ruby-1.8.6_p287-i486-1_slack11.0.tgz

 

Slackware 12.0 package:

967059ae6d9a3a3ea609472e4f3c3903 ruby-1.8.6_p287-i486-1_slack12.0.tgz

 

Slackware 12.1 package:

bc821c4e4eee3608e1c5e2e30238b450 ruby-1.8.6_p287-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

 

Installation instructions:

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Upgrade the package as root:

# upgradepkg ruby-1.8.6_p287-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz

 

 

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Slackware Linux Security Team

http://slackware.com/gpg-key

security ( -at -) slackware.com

 

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