Slackware 12.2: 2009-120-01 Moderate: Ruby DoS Threat Resolved
slackware
May 1, 2009
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
Summary
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: https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2008/08/23/dos-vulnerability-in-rexml/ (* 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:
Updated package for Slackware 12.2:
Updated package for Slackware -current:
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
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Installation Instructions
Installation instructions: Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.8.7_p160-i486-1_slack12.2.tgz
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