CVE-2011-3009

high

Description

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69157

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49126

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1581.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html

http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2011-08-05

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.4

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: High