Ruby before 1.8.7-p352 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression during Ruby 1.8.6 development.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-88-1 ruby1.8 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-2668 Ruby before 1.8.7-p352 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression during Ruby 1.8.6 development.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1377-1 Ruby vulnerabilities
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T23:08:23.714Z

Reserved: 2011-07-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2011-2686

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2011-08-05T21:55:04.467

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2011-2686

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2011-07-02T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2011-2686 - Bugzilla

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