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CVE-2011-2705

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Overview

The SecureRandom.random_bytes function in lib/securerandom.rb in Ruby before 1.8.7-p352 and 1.9.x before 1.9.2-p290 relies on PID values for initialization, which makes it easier for context-dependent attackers to predict the result string by leveraging knowledge of random strings obtained in an earlier process with the same PID.

Related Files

Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1377-1
Posted Feb 28, 2012
Authored by Ubuntu | Site security.ubuntu.com

Ubuntu Security Notice 1377-1 - Drew Yao discovered that the WEBrick HTTP server was vulnerable to cross-site scripting attacks when displaying error pages. A remote attacker could use this flaw to run arbitrary web script. Drew Yao discovered that Ruby's BigDecimal module did not properly allocate memory on 64-bit platforms. An attacker could use this flaw to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Various other issues were also addressed.

tags | advisory, remote, web, denial of service, arbitrary, xss, ruby
systems | linux, ubuntu
advisories | CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005, CVE-2011-2686, CVE-2011-2705, CVE-2011-4815, CVE-2010-0541, CVE-2011-0188, CVE-2011-1004, CVE-2011-1005, CVE-2011-2686, CVE-2011-2705, CVE-2011-4815
SHA-256 | cec298eba7976ebaa181ffd4c17d9f86fd8b7f0120e64642a7761c57933776cd
Red Hat Security Advisory 2011-1581-03
Posted Dec 6, 2011
Authored by Red Hat | Site access.redhat.com

Red Hat Security Advisory 2011-1581-03 - Ruby is an extensible, interpreted, object-oriented, scripting language. It has features to process text files and to do system management tasks. It was found that Ruby did not reinitialize the PRNG after forking a child process. This could eventually lead to the PRNG returning the same result twice. An attacker keeping track of the values returned by one child process could use this flaw to predict the values the PRNG would return in other child processes. A flaw was found in the Ruby SecureRandom module. When using the SecureRandom.random_bytes class, the PRNG state was not modified after forking a child process. This could eventually lead to SecureRandom.random_bytes returning the same string more than once. An attacker keeping track of the strings returned by one child process could use this flaw to predict the strings SecureRandom.random_bytes would return in other child processes.

tags | advisory, ruby
systems | linux, redhat
advisories | CVE-2011-2705, CVE-2011-3009
SHA-256 | 766668de266f9a5e422759c80977180b1e7d1da61b84b183a2a86e73c010afd6
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