Security update for ruby19

SUSE Security Update: Security update for ruby19
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:1897-1
Rating: critical
References: #851803
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Studio Onsite 1.3

  • An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available. It includes one version update.

    Description:


    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
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    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

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4164.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/851803
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=3342ac1ab377ae7f16f87852381eeade