Ruby Random Number Values Information Disclosure Vulnerability

This host is installed with Ruby and is prone to information disclosure vulnerability. OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $Id: secpodrubyrandomnumbervaluesinfodiscvuln01.nasl 8196 2017-12-20 12:13:37Z cfischer $ Ruby Random Number Values Information Disclosure Vulnerability Authors: Sooraj KS Copyright:...

CVE-2011-2705

The SecureRandom.randombytes function in lib/securerandom.rb in Ruby before 1.8.7-p352 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2-p290 relies on PID values for initialization, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to predict the result string by leveraging knowledge of random strings obtained in an...