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

🗓️ 30 Jan 2012 18:23:00Reported by RedHatType 
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Ruby prior to 1.8.6-p114 does not reset RNG after fork, enabling random-number prediction on Unix.

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Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386irb0:1.8.1-18.el4irb-0:1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64irb0:1.8.1-18.el4irb-0:1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcirb0:1.8.1-18.el4irb-0:1.8.1-18.el4.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390irb0:1.8.1-18.el4irb-0:1.8.1-18.el4.s390.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390xirb0:1.8.1-18.el4irb-0:1.8.1-18.el4.s390x.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4x86_64irb0:1.8.1-18.el4irb-0:1.8.1-18.el4.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4i386ruby0:1.8.1-18.el4ruby-0:1.8.1-18.el4.i386.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ia64ruby0:1.8.1-18.el4ruby-0:1.8.1-18.el4.ia64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4ppcruby0:1.8.1-18.el4ruby-0:1.8.1-18.el4.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux4s390ruby0:1.8.1-18.el4ruby-0:1.8.1-18.el4.s390.rpm
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