fkie_cve-2011-3009
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2011-08-05 22:55
Modified
2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
Summary
Ruby before 1.8.6-p114 does not reset the random seed upon forking, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to predict the values of random numbers by leveraging knowledge of the number sequence obtained in a different child process, a related issue to CVE-2003-0900.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338
cve@mitre.orghttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1Patch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1581.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49126
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69157
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1581.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49126
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69157
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ruby-lang ruby *
ruby-lang ruby 1.8.6
ruby-lang ruby 1.8.6


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