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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49126 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1581.html ↗
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69157 ↗
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html ↗
- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1 ↗