Alpine: ruby: security update to 2.5.9-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406983

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The REXML gem before 3.2.5 in Ruby before 2.6.7, 2.7.x before 2.7.3, and 3.x before 3.0.1 does not
properly address XML round-trip issues. An incorrect document can be produced after parsing and
serializing. (CVE-2021-28965)

- In Ruby through 3.0 on Windows, a remote attacker can submit a crafted path when a Web application handles
a parameter with TmpDir. (CVE-2021-28966)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406983

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28966

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28965, CVE-2021-28966

Detections

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