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Message-ID: <4E1AB63A.1010508@suse.de>
Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 10:37:14 +0200
From: Ludwig Nussel <ludwig.nussel@...e.de>
To: oss-security@...ts.openwall.com,
	Marcus Rueckert <mrueckert@...e.de>, security@...y-lang.org,
	Urabe Shyouhei <shyouhei@...y-lang.org>
Subject: CVE Request: ruby PRNG fixes

Hi,

Ruby 1.8.7-p352 fixes initialization of the PRNG in forked
processes:

http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2011/07/02/ruby-1-8-7-p352-released/
http://redmine.ruby-lang.org/issues/4579
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=31713
http://svn.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/viewvc.cgi?view=revision&revision=32050

cu
Ludwig

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