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Slackware: SSA:2013-075-01 Critical Ruby Security Update

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. . -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 [slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2013-075-01) New ruby packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, and -current to fix security issues. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.0 ChangeLog: +--------------------------+ patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p392-i486-1_slack14.0.txz: Upgraded. This release includes security fixes about bundled JSON and REXML. For more information, see: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1821 (* Security fix *) +--------------------------+ Where to find the new packages: +-----------------------------+ Thanks to the friendly folks at the OSU Open Source Lab (https://osuosl.org/) for donating 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 13.1: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1: Updated package for Slackware 13.37: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37: Updated package for Slackware 14.0: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0: Updated package for Slackware -current: Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current: MD5 signatures: +-------------+ Slackware 13.1 package: d8a92d0917f4107ebad92f0acc918f0a ruby-1.9.3_p392-i486-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware x86_64 13.1 package: b0c05ed98dec1b441e3c6b2b1c2ef448 ruby-1.9.3_p392-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz Slackware 13.37 package: 668cbcb1d019be2d17d2e360e14ca71a ruby-1.9.3_p392-i486-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware x86_64 13.37 package: 3dd5f32e3a490c99b76849a3849d3d7e ruby-1.9.3_p392-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz Slackware 14.0 package: 2243ed86da5940c91a4b1c6321613229 ruby-1.9.3_p392-i486-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware x86_64 14.0 package: bebd503e73b25925759c0911e7e8c805 ruby-1.9.3_p392-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz Slackware -currentpackage: 75ef8411ec70de62ccc9d53343fe67c7 d/ruby-1.9.3_p392-i486-1.txz Slackware x86_64 -current package: 282f29edc2de41f8757f00234de97777 d/ruby-1.9.3_p392-x86_64-1.txz Installation instructions: +------------------------+ Upgrade the package as root: # upgradepkg ruby-1.9.3_p392-i486-1_slack14.0.txz +-----+ . Recent updates for Ruby packages in Slackware have been released to address urgent security vulnerabilities efficiently and quickly.. ruby package update, slackware security fix, software upgrades. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team

Mar 16, 2013 •Critical Slackware