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


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.55% (69th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-RUBYTCLTK-1434119
  • 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 RHEL:6 ruby-tcltk to version 0:1.8.7.352-3.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2011:1581.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-tcltk package and not the ruby-tcltk package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL: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