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SUSE: 2013:1897-1 Important: Heap Overflow Vulnerability in Ruby19

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Calendar Grey December 17, 2013
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SUSE Security Notice: Urgent patch for ruby19 tackling serious buffer overflow vulnerability. Ensure your safety!
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available

Summary

This update fixes a severe security bug in ruby19: * CVE-2013-4164: heap overflow in float point parsing could lead to crashes and code execution Security Issue reference: * CVE-2013-4164 Patch Instructions: To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3: zypper in -t patch slestso13-ruby19-8620 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3 (x86_64) [New Version: 1.9.3.p392]: ruby19-1.9.3.p392-0.17.1 ruby19-devel-1.9.3.p392-0.17.1 ruby19-devel-extra-1.9.3.p392-0.17.1

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update heap overflow ruby suse

References

#851803

Cross- CVE-2013-4164

Affected Products:

SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4164.html

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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1897-1
Rating: critical

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue critical software update heap overflow ruby suse

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