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CVE-2011-3009

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Published: Aug 5, 2011Modified: Apr 29, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (3)

Products: Ruby Lang: Ruby
1 product
Ruby
Configuration A
3 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Ruby Lang
Up to 1.8.6
Version 1.8.6 p110
Version 1.8.6 p36

Related CWEs

References (12)

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Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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