openSUSE Security Update: ruby: configure https usage for rubygems.org ______________________________________________________________________________ Announcement ID: openSUSE-SU-2013:1393-1 Rating: moderate References: Affected Products: openSUSE 12.3 openSUSE 12.2 ______________________________________________________________________________ An update that contains security fixes can now be installed. Description: The ruby gemrc configured the gem installation source as http source, allowing man in the middle attacks (if someone could provide a different address for rubygems.org). Patch Instructions: To install this openSUSE Security Update use YaST online_update. Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product: - openSUSE 12.3: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-668 - openSUSE 12.2: zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2013-668 To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch". Package List: - openSUSE 12.3 (i586 x86_64): ruby-1.9.3-15.6.1 ruby-devel-1.9.3-15.6.1 - openSUSE 12.2 (i586 x86_64): ruby-1.9.3-2.8.1 ruby-common-1.9.3-2.8.1 ruby-devel-1.9.3-2.8.1 References: