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HistoryJul 01, 2011 - 8:00 p.m.

Ruby Properly initialize the random number generator when forking new process

2011-07-0120:00:00
RubySec
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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.

CPENameOperatorVersion
rubylt1.9.2
rubylt1.8.6.114