[El-errata] ELSA-2012-0070 Moderate: Oracle Linux 4 ruby security update

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Tue Jan 31 08:52:20 PST 2012


Oracle Linux Security Advisory ELSA-2012-0070

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html

The following updated rpms for Oracle Linux 4 have been uploaded to the 
Unbreakable Linux Network:

i386:
irb-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
irb-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm

ia64:
irb-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-devel-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-docs-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
ruby-libs-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-mode-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
ruby-tcltk-1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm


SRPMS:
http://oss.oracle.com/el4/SRPMS-updates/ruby-1.8.1-18.el4.src.rpm


Description of changes:

[1.8.1-18]
- Simplified fix for CVE-2011-4815.
- Properly initialize the random number generator when forking new process
   * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-3009.patch
   - Related: rhbz#768828

[1.8.1-17]
- Address CVE-2011-4815 "DoS (excessive CPU use) via hash meet-in-the-middle
   attacks (oCERT-2011-003)"
   * ruby-1.8.7-CVE-2011-4815.patch
   - Resolves: rhbz#768828





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