CVE-2011-3009 affects Ruby versions prior to 1.8.6-p114, where the random number generator's seed was not reset after a process forked. This oversight allowed attackers to predict subsequent random numbers by observing sequences from other child processes. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity to achieve partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:*:p111:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p110:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.8.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ruby-lang:ruby:1.8.6:p36:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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