Description
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.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2011-2977 | 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. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T23:22:26.693Z
Reserved: 2011-08-05T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2011-3009
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Status : Modified
Published: 2011-08-05T22:55:01.547
Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040
Link: CVE-2011-3009
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD