[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1,
and -current to fix a security issue.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.1.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes a heap overflow in floating point parsing. A specially
crafted string could cause a heap overflow leading to a denial of service
attack via segmentation faults and possibly arbitrary code execution.
For more information, see:
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2013/11/22/heap-overflow-in-floating-point-parsing-cve-2013-4164/
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2013-4164
(* 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/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.1/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-13.37/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 13.37:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-13.37/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.0/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.0/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Updated package for Slackware 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.1:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.1/patches/packages/ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 13.1 package:
a9c7fc1b752d9dbebf729639768f0ff9 ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.1 package:
b78129d604ac455d1b28d54f28c2742a ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack13.1.txz

Slackware 13.37 package:
b195b07dff2bea6a3c4ad26686ed2bfe ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware x86_64 13.37 package:
a24d37e579ec1756896fabe5c158a83a ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack13.37.txz

Slackware 14.0 package:
334fab8b88a0474b7ddd551c3f945492 ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.0 package:
ad5cc7610fd06dae0bcae1b89c8b9659 ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack14.0.txz

Slackware 14.1 package:
74555154cbd4bac223f6121f30821f1f ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.1 package:
172e5c26ed18318e28668820e36ac0a0 ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1_slack14.1.txz

Slackware -current package:
b865aec63c8a52ad041ea3d7b6febfda d/ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
9ddaa67e1d06d2d37eda294b749ff91d d/ruby-1.9.3_p484-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg ruby-1.9.3_p484-i486-1_slack14.1.txz