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Slackware security team has released an advisory containing ruby updates which fixed security problem leading to DoS (Denial of Service) condition or allow execution of arbitrary code. Here’s the latest -Current changelog:

Fri Jun 27 23:17:20 CDT 2008
d/ruby-1.8.6_p230-i486-1.tgz:
Upgraded to ruby-1.8.6-p230.
This fixes a number of security related bugs in Ruby which could lead to a denial of service (DoS) condition or allow execution of arbitrary code.
For more information, see:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2662
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2663
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2664
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2725
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-2726
(* Security fix *)