Cryptographic Issues Affecting ruby-ri package, versions <0:1.8.7.352-3.el6


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.56% (68th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-RUBYRI-2051369
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed2 Jul 2011

Introduced: 2 Jul 2011

CVE-2011-3009  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 ruby-ri to version 0:1.8.7.352-3.el6 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-ri package and not the ruby-ri package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1