Synopsis

ruby bug fix update

Type/Severity

Bug Fix Advisory

Topic

Updated ruby packages that fix several bugs are now available for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5.

Description

Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has
features to process text files and to do system management tasks.

This update fixes the following bugs:

• To identify the current working directory, the Ruby virtual machine used the
  path_check_0() function that recursed until it identified the respective
  absolute path. Previously, the function could cause the Ruby virtual machine to
  recurse infinitely and consume excessive memory. This happened if the
  environment path was broken as the getcwd() function failed to determine the
  full path of the current working directory. This update backports the
  non-recursive implementation of the path_check_0() function from Ruby 1.8.6,
  which relies on a series of macros, and the path_check_0() function returns the
  correct current working directory under these circumstances. (BZ#435631)
  
• The ruby update released on 2009-07-02 as RHSA-2009:1140 included a fix for
  CVE-2009-1904. This fix introduced a regression which caused leading zeros after
  the decimal point in BigDecimal objects to be dropped. This could, potentially,
  lead to incorrect mathematical calculations. This update fixes this problem by
  ensuring that leading zeros following a decimal point in BigDecimal objects are
  not dropped. (BZ#510277)
  
• Due to the missing "require 'rdoc/usage'" statement in the RI (Ruby Index)
  library, which is part of the ruby package, the Ruby virtual machine could raise
  the following exception:
  

uninitialized constant RI::Paths (NameError)

This update adds the missing require statement to the ri_options.rb file of the
RI library file and the problem no longer occurs. (BZ#445399)

• The "Text::normalize" method included in the REXML (Regular Expressions XML)
  library, which is part of the Ruby standard library, did not work correctly for
  ampersand entities (&). With this update, the underlying "REXML::Text" class
  in the text.rb library has been modified and the ampersand characters are now
  normalized correctly. (BZ#577351)
  

All ruby users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which fix these
bugs.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 435631 - ruby recurses indefinitely when cwd is broken and path empty
• BZ - 445399 - require 'rdoc/usage'' raises an Exception because of a missing require in /usr/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/ri/ri_options.rb
• BZ - 510277 - ruby: patch for CVE-2009-1904 introduced a regression [rhel-5]

CVEs

(none)

References

(none)

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5

SRPM
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 025888284a23e7f989f386a09c52e3106843355c3acc56e662a0169678f5df53
x86_64
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bbcedf047ea15e2772845d630cdbce1fa6bf6e2e50ce1e50ee8d6648abb5040a
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0a6f73a497f5eae1e108331ca0374b8bffed768dbf96be8de3ad6c4bfd3ffbc4
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 70dc7cc9ab39f7b8d73090d87c581c3b5aa1312acf286615d981956ce97942e0
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 88ca5e22b43e4cc59b383652e54e61619ce306b2b986539dc67d1c24e95e874f
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7271e693935423fbe3c07e95d593021844898cf79370ff6374f6db4820c8607b
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba781134f4ae14dee183941911236374ecae20f9f3a630914ea83f37630bf0d
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aceee61c3659c5b29c7c496b9704ad51ece67ef6c28629473f421dc5e70688bd
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: daccc7cb2cd72b8daff6543bb5bca2d38203b7b2ef92dc8a019dd9e6ce1f9ef3
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f03a8bf29f9976734b2b91de6ee3d15e8349b2f91d87c2cf3035882c179a48ee
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0a3ab279c9efc1a820c6cb8f86910e2314455c9cbab390e5a68a060ffbdae185
ia64
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: e6e90166b33edfbba90cf4f2257e5075062726aa60c0b8c6b2199708f3fed7be
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 5631e7d3221eb04eee4aedee40e2c3dec7dc60ef30b32a9ee9c46d53af1d7944
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: f3158f9a3f65e20d6c2acd2fd1812fa87e9c561b1c33cc330670f2ab35640097
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 619f89cf09432cf5916ea44b1097e744069cfe8d03b7a21726457fbf2bd5183c
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 9fc2aa03bf3315d8bbf793792fa3d615a3dc698f68b6a6315862845e4eef7f37
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 20574910f1b6bf2de4d1810ac573c9bb6ecf3c0e56dc21297b705ba6c3225fc4
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 0b9569dbd69acf209277293ba2a636b9d4873d4aaa0cdaf7e978020cc16eea64
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 3ff7acb4fbd367588d1a3dca996aadf2ffc85b245dc6725a8170b9c604008bbf
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.ia64.rpm	SHA-256: 7fdffdfe7b945e9ecaba90fcb03e49700d190965742915fd6cb301e5d75186e2
i386
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: df6c8b3169d7621dfbcbb35d574990e9e7067630b96119f6e8a3fa04f1bd9f2c
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0a6f73a497f5eae1e108331ca0374b8bffed768dbf96be8de3ad6c4bfd3ffbc4
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4aafe2848d1db434dbffd6b0a612f87828916fbd1ca2dbca05eb78a91788e0b6
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0077b342744fef7fda0338dee24f3d5dd3b8833d3e18a828068f1bda313d5053
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d3de224d44595091552ce306e01e20363d051a5a9dba610c30fa0d5849f24d57
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7559b7ac071accd24d3b4688d5db834648faca574336bd98cd4318fee4d65768
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 54b4b9077d7bddd38b57b09847ba3601d3a782d8a5f315895058cf6f6c248880
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5f7a933f3ca736954300210269c6af44397d26b5d3ca78bca9cb7db6768f04c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5

SRPM
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 025888284a23e7f989f386a09c52e3106843355c3acc56e662a0169678f5df53
x86_64
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bbcedf047ea15e2772845d630cdbce1fa6bf6e2e50ce1e50ee8d6648abb5040a
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0a6f73a497f5eae1e108331ca0374b8bffed768dbf96be8de3ad6c4bfd3ffbc4
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 70dc7cc9ab39f7b8d73090d87c581c3b5aa1312acf286615d981956ce97942e0
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 88ca5e22b43e4cc59b383652e54e61619ce306b2b986539dc67d1c24e95e874f
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7271e693935423fbe3c07e95d593021844898cf79370ff6374f6db4820c8607b
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba781134f4ae14dee183941911236374ecae20f9f3a630914ea83f37630bf0d
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aceee61c3659c5b29c7c496b9704ad51ece67ef6c28629473f421dc5e70688bd
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: daccc7cb2cd72b8daff6543bb5bca2d38203b7b2ef92dc8a019dd9e6ce1f9ef3
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f03a8bf29f9976734b2b91de6ee3d15e8349b2f91d87c2cf3035882c179a48ee
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0a3ab279c9efc1a820c6cb8f86910e2314455c9cbab390e5a68a060ffbdae185
i386
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: df6c8b3169d7621dfbcbb35d574990e9e7067630b96119f6e8a3fa04f1bd9f2c
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0a6f73a497f5eae1e108331ca0374b8bffed768dbf96be8de3ad6c4bfd3ffbc4
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4aafe2848d1db434dbffd6b0a612f87828916fbd1ca2dbca05eb78a91788e0b6
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0077b342744fef7fda0338dee24f3d5dd3b8833d3e18a828068f1bda313d5053
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d3de224d44595091552ce306e01e20363d051a5a9dba610c30fa0d5849f24d57
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7559b7ac071accd24d3b4688d5db834648faca574336bd98cd4318fee4d65768
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 54b4b9077d7bddd38b57b09847ba3601d3a782d8a5f315895058cf6f6c248880
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5f7a933f3ca736954300210269c6af44397d26b5d3ca78bca9cb7db6768f04c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5

SRPM
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 025888284a23e7f989f386a09c52e3106843355c3acc56e662a0169678f5df53
x86_64
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bbcedf047ea15e2772845d630cdbce1fa6bf6e2e50ce1e50ee8d6648abb5040a
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 88ca5e22b43e4cc59b383652e54e61619ce306b2b986539dc67d1c24e95e874f
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7271e693935423fbe3c07e95d593021844898cf79370ff6374f6db4820c8607b
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba781134f4ae14dee183941911236374ecae20f9f3a630914ea83f37630bf0d
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: daccc7cb2cd72b8daff6543bb5bca2d38203b7b2ef92dc8a019dd9e6ce1f9ef3
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f03a8bf29f9976734b2b91de6ee3d15e8349b2f91d87c2cf3035882c179a48ee
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0a3ab279c9efc1a820c6cb8f86910e2314455c9cbab390e5a68a060ffbdae185
i386
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: df6c8b3169d7621dfbcbb35d574990e9e7067630b96119f6e8a3fa04f1bd9f2c
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4aafe2848d1db434dbffd6b0a612f87828916fbd1ca2dbca05eb78a91788e0b6
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0077b342744fef7fda0338dee24f3d5dd3b8833d3e18a828068f1bda313d5053
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7559b7ac071accd24d3b4688d5db834648faca574336bd98cd4318fee4d65768
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 54b4b9077d7bddd38b57b09847ba3601d3a782d8a5f315895058cf6f6c248880
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5f7a933f3ca736954300210269c6af44397d26b5d3ca78bca9cb7db6768f04c7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5

SRPM
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 025888284a23e7f989f386a09c52e3106843355c3acc56e662a0169678f5df53
s390x
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 3e0586e69af6d97ff5cf8e4d5016df99c4902ef08a5c70f49f724525dbe72690
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 6b7d1467525282af13e23e7f76a9d5619ae0421e4106976471b258311f13783e
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 227832b75c0f6950e0443a0491b25813d87343216ead56907489b2ee5fc2b452
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 810e71136092f38f410062e9c06d327ed3edd771254d6f1501376a610543b40a
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 59e11e1a82a9d78afa6bed2e2663b7aca31c3c4682b6af05ad6f38532c90cf64
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.s390.rpm	SHA-256: 2e3ec322c26ab42fa302c6a874b2c01f5902da8d500216a7bc2d974f41197af3
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 29e26b26e7ef5bcd3a04ca7debff6d53bda1186fdf8632366e425f7692f2b6bd
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 0338080cc5605cbc5e3abe689108886f478206932e77db1d041f31622fb653db
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 4c304a2c704dfddd156f73c09106d891cfe2600834cd565430ad3382c6bcbcf4
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: 316fd66fe1eb592ef8e7c7cf300cce513256e848a5a9ab449fe64ef658b09f2e
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.s390x.rpm	SHA-256: c9395e4c6012cf643037a307519606e4521296fa8935ab446b9b20cd7c674e1a

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 025888284a23e7f989f386a09c52e3106843355c3acc56e662a0169678f5df53
ppc
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 6ced74a425fff4d815a1320d8b31cf51df964717098cd1b815fb531b6290ad29
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 67d36629f32b903a7cb1911cc00bd8619d919bbb7a58a82fa2015b074e18d298
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: b53f0114437d7faa198c05ad8d877bd3287eca52d9bb7b704e0a26f99f70ddf0
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 0c2f654b94bdf30c45b607a555b15572903d1c34f3e286c784a2f11e87572d1f
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 2db140fa5f9bb5b8e37c4455adfed230fb64a63559884531cd0ba33925a76600
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 52d838be4a048f400eae66c74aaec5ad305187e0b6ba8eccab700a69af39eacb
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc64.rpm	SHA-256: bc69c1f00d09a2ee813dc94ad812528317fbb11f7ff08a1391dcb403ba728de2
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: f854c6fc9d63b8427c2f1a38a93393b72a3393af7d53971096b921d7b47dd494
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: f6cf354ad193d18a88ccfbd4e64d79b8caf74e54d8c9a218b3dbeda69307ba81
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: e72d152407a0caa4f7789f44991dee5e981d7e25203365f64fa8563a849a1bb0
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.ppc.rpm	SHA-256: 2cdce549abbf167a86a1752e33c2df93819c8a9223c12b3ea48a32382211c5a7

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5

SRPM
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.src.rpm	SHA-256: 025888284a23e7f989f386a09c52e3106843355c3acc56e662a0169678f5df53
x86_64
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: bbcedf047ea15e2772845d630cdbce1fa6bf6e2e50ce1e50ee8d6648abb5040a
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0a6f73a497f5eae1e108331ca0374b8bffed768dbf96be8de3ad6c4bfd3ffbc4
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 70dc7cc9ab39f7b8d73090d87c581c3b5aa1312acf286615d981956ce97942e0
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 88ca5e22b43e4cc59b383652e54e61619ce306b2b986539dc67d1c24e95e874f
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 7271e693935423fbe3c07e95d593021844898cf79370ff6374f6db4820c8607b
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: dba781134f4ae14dee183941911236374ecae20f9f3a630914ea83f37630bf0d
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: aceee61c3659c5b29c7c496b9704ad51ece67ef6c28629473f421dc5e70688bd
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: daccc7cb2cd72b8daff6543bb5bca2d38203b7b2ef92dc8a019dd9e6ce1f9ef3
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: f03a8bf29f9976734b2b91de6ee3d15e8349b2f91d87c2cf3035882c179a48ee
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.x86_64.rpm	SHA-256: 0a3ab279c9efc1a820c6cb8f86910e2314455c9cbab390e5a68a060ffbdae185
i386
ruby-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: df6c8b3169d7621dfbcbb35d574990e9e7067630b96119f6e8a3fa04f1bd9f2c
ruby-devel-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0a6f73a497f5eae1e108331ca0374b8bffed768dbf96be8de3ad6c4bfd3ffbc4
ruby-docs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 4aafe2848d1db434dbffd6b0a612f87828916fbd1ca2dbca05eb78a91788e0b6
ruby-irb-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 0077b342744fef7fda0338dee24f3d5dd3b8833d3e18a828068f1bda313d5053
ruby-libs-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 9012ca4765e38079717172ac6e5c6e332742dc7bd0ef4587ec70bb61d1d90956
ruby-mode-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: d3de224d44595091552ce306e01e20363d051a5a9dba610c30fa0d5849f24d57
ruby-rdoc-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 7559b7ac071accd24d3b4688d5db834648faca574336bd98cd4318fee4d65768
ruby-ri-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 54b4b9077d7bddd38b57b09847ba3601d3a782d8a5f315895058cf6f6c248880
ruby-tcltk-1.8.5-24.el5.i386.rpm	SHA-256: 5f7a933f3ca736954300210269c6af44397d26b5d3ca78bca9cb7db6768f04c7