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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 val

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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.

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References 6

securityfocus.com

redhat.com

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com

rhn.redhat.com

redmine.ruby-lang.org

openwall.com