[slackware-security] ruby

New ruby packages are available for Slackware 14.2 and -current to
fix security issues.

Here are the details from the Slackware 14.2 ChangeLog:

patches/packages/ruby-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz: Upgraded.
This release includes several security fixes.
For more information, see:
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-0898
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-0899
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-0900
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-0901
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-0902
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-10784
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-14033
https://vulners.com/cve/CVE-2017-14064
(* 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 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.2/patches/packages/ruby-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 14.2:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-14.2/patches/packages/ruby-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Updated package for Slackware -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-current/slackware/d/ruby-2.4.2-i586-1.txz

Updated package for Slackware x86_64 -current:
ftp://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware64-current/slackware64/d/ruby-2.4.2-x86_64-1.txz

MD5 signatures:

Slackware 14.2 package:
2075dcd60f69c74746bbafa2815bfaf3 ruby-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware x86_64 14.2 package:
32c1da6bf7c4fcd43bad4c0f8bbba9f4 ruby-2.2.8-x86_64-1_slack14.2.txz

Slackware -current package:
989ad7b1339640d49d7bae34adae727a d/ruby-2.4.2-i586-1.txz

Slackware x86_64 -current package:
b19b4191baf1c0e340a1f1d5c4034b4c d/ruby-2.4.2-x86_64-1.txz

Installation instructions:

Upgrade the package as root:
> upgradepkg ruby-2.2.8-i586-1_slack14.2.txz