Security update for Ruby
SUSE Security Update: Security update for Ruby
This Ruby update fixes the following security issue:
* bnc#808137: Fixed entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML
(CVE-2013-1821).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-1821
| Announcement ID: | SUSE-SU-2014:0689-1 |
| Rating: | moderate |
| References: | #808137 |
| Affected Products: |
An update that fixes one vulnerability is now available.
Description:
This Ruby update fixes the following security issue:
* bnc#808137: Fixed entity expansion DoS vulnerability in REXML
(CVE-2013-1821).
Security Issue reference:
* CVE-2013-1821
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sdksp3-ruby-9136 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-ruby-9136 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch slessp3-ruby-9136 - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3:
zypper in -t patch sledsp3-ruby-9136
To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- ruby-devel-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-doc-html-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-doc-ri-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-examples-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-test-suite-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-tk-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware (i586 x86_64):
- ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-doc-html-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-tk-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
- ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-doc-html-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- ruby-tk-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 (i586 x86_64):
- ruby-1.8.7.p357-0.9.15.1
References:
- http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1821.html
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/808137
- http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=5e56a8dbce9146f80eb1c8017375f96a