A ruby security update has been released for Slackware 15.0 and -current.
slackware-security: ruby (SSA:2023-090-01)
[slackware-security] ruby (SSA:2023-090-01)
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-3.0.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz: Upgraded.
This update fixes security issues:
ReDoS vulnerability in URI.
ReDoS vulnerability in Time.
For more information, see:
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/03/28/redos-in-uri-cve-2023-28755/
https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2023/03/30/redos-in-time-cve-2023-28756/
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28755
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-28756
(* 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-3.0.6-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-3.0.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-3.2.2-i586-1.txz
Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/ruby-3.2.2-x86_64-1.txz
MD5 signatures:
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Slackware 15.0 package:
22ffa16679294ddce3265d913f2fac20 ruby-3.0.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware x86_64 15.0 package:
0724127e313f586f6677e12e0316a070 ruby-3.0.6-x86_64-1_slack15.0.txz
Slackware -current package:
d39ba074e9714480e07880be54466086 d/ruby-3.2.2-i586-1.txz
Slackware x86_64 -current package:
94a42ee743ed273628c09d9242ff125f d/ruby-3.2.2-x86_64-1.txz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg ruby-3.0.6-i586-1_slack15.0.txz
