{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "secalert@redhat.com", "ID": "CVE-2011-2686", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "Ruby before 1.8.7-p352 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. NOTE: this issue exists because of a regression during Ruby 1.8.6 development." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "[oss-security] 20110712 Re: CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/12/14" }, { "name": "http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/07/02/ruby-1-8-7-p352-released/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/07/02/ruby-1-8-7-p352-released/" }, { "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722415", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=722415" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20110720 Re: CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/16" }, { "name": "http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/show/4338" }, { "name": "http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7_352/ChangeLog", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://svn.ruby-lang.org/repos/ruby/tags/v1_8_7_352/ChangeLog" }, { "name": "http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=31713", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=31713" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2011-9374", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063062.html" }, { "name": "ruby-random-number-dos(69032)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69032" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20110720 Re: CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/20/1" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20110711 CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/11/1" }, { "name": "49015", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49015" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2011-9359", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-July/063071.html" } ] } }