CVE-2011-3009

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p111:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2011-08-05 22:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:03


NVD link : CVE-2011-3009

Mitre link : CVE-2011-3009

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-3009


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Products Affected

ruby-lang

  • ruby
CWE
CWE-310

Cryptographic Issues