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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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2011-08-05T21:00:00

Updated: 2017-08-28T12:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2011-2686

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2023-11-07T02:07:44.460


Link: CVE-2011-2686

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