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ruby: Properly initialize the random number generator when forking new process

🗓️ 05 Dec 2011 19:38:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Ruby before 1.8.6-p114 does not reset the random seed after forking, enabling prediction of random numbers.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64ruby0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xruby0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64ruby0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anyruby0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.i686ruby-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppcruby-debuginfo0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6ppc64ruby-debuginfo0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390ruby-debuginfo0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6s390xruby-debuginfo0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64ruby-debuginfo0:1.8.7.352-3.el6ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anyruby-debuginfo0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.i686ruby-debuginfo-0:1.8.7.352-3.el6.i686.noarch.rpm
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25 Jun 2026 10:37Current
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