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CVE-2011-3009
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 5/10
- Exploit Score
- 10/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 2.9/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- None
- Integrity Impact
- None
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p111:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49126
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1581.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-0070.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69157