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Slackware alert SSA:2013-136-02 (ruby)

From:  Slackware Security Team <security@slackware.com>
To:  slackware-security@slackware.com
Subject:  [slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2013-136-02)
Date:  Thu, 16 May 2013 15:44:50 -0700 (PDT)
Message-ID:  <alpine.LNX.2.02.1305161544340.7908@connie.slackware.com>
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2013-136-02) 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_p429-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a security issue in DL and Fiddle included in Ruby where tainted strings can be used by system calls regardless of the $SAFE level setting. For more information, see: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2065 http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/05/14/taint-bypass-... (* 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/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/pa... Updated package for Slackware 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/pat... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/p... Updated package for Slackware 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patc... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/pa... Updated package for Slackware -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/s... Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current... MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.1 package: f6749a02556c8d36ea778efd7c648e38 ruby-1.9.3_p429-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: 57cebcb0da090e6359c99997103b07eb ruby-1.9.3_p429-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: fd110a0d6eba27e8d3841448e5cfcce7 ruby-1.9.3_p429-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 7102c181ea158525497bea4e3330c348 ruby-1.9.3_p429-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: 7ee54d593ead24ca3ec2f7147c938f28 ruby-1.9.3_p429-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: 9a7e5786145827083db2001b8ef3d629 ruby-1.9.3_p429-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware -current package: 5f381efa8c16989fec3432a286ce85c5 d/ruby-1.9.3_p429-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: f662bb06aca7166f4b8159ce839c7f0c d/ruby-1.9.3_p429-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.9.3_p429-i486-1_slack14.0.txz +-----+ Slackware Linux Security Team http://slackware.com/gpg-key security@slackware.com +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | To leave the slackware-security mailing list: | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Send an email to majordomo@slackware.com with this text in the body of | | the email message: | | | | unsubscribe slackware-security | | | | You will get a confirmation message back containing instructions to | | complete the process. Please do not reply to this email address. | +------------------------------------------------------------------------+ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.12 (GNU/Linux) iEYEARECAAYFAlGVUwIACgkQakRjwEAQIjNTjACggWKwuhRIIzKbc6VItQpRg06H jzQAnReip6EGqzsiPJ8JGj17JMugQKwP =ZglU -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----


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