A ruby security update has been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current.
slackware-security: ruby (SSA:2022-103-01)
[slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2022-103-01)
New ruby packages are available for Slackware 15.0 and -current to
fix security issues.
Here are the details from the Slackware 15.0 ChangeLog:
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patches/packages/ruby-3.0.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes bugs and security issues:
Double free in Regexp compilation.
Buffer overrun in String-to-Float conversion.
For more information, see:
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28738
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-28739
(* Security fix *)
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Where to find the new packages:
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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 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-15.0/patches/packages/ruby-3.0.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 15.0:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-15.0/patches/packages/ruby-3.0.4-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-3.1.2-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/ruby-3.1.2-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
00760649741964120dadf45c90b7a42b ruby-3.0.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
4b025a849db7f5639770e74f4e7a8500 ruby-3.0.4-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
b9cb42c22e8247f2528fc671d3468833 d/ruby-3.1.2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
55cce6024711a901fcb1375f56483715 d/ruby-3.1.2-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ruby-3.0.4-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
