SCA: security update for ftpd (GHSA-7vxr-6cxg-j3x8)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412294

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- The ftpd gem 0.2.1 for Ruby allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands via shell
metacharacters in a LIST or NLST command argument within FTP protocol traffic. (CVE-2013-2512)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7vxr-6cxg-j3x8

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 412294

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.6

Percentile: 98.67

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2512

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/26/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2512

cwe: CWE-78