Slackware 12.1: SSA:2008-334-01 Critical: Ruby DNS Resolver Problem
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November 29, 2008
New ruby packages are available for Slackware 11.0, 12.0, and 12.1 to fix bugs and a security issue
Summary
Here are the details from the Slackware 12.1 ChangeLog: 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: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1447 (* Security fix *)
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Where Find 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
(https://osuosl.org/) for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Slackware project! :-)
Also see the "Get Slack" section on http://www.slackware.com/ for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated package for Slackware 11.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.0:
Updated package for Slackware 12.1:
MD5 Signatures
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
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.8.6_p287-i486-1_slack12.1.tgz
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