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SCA: security update for ruby_parser (GHSA-8mvw-22r7-w6fq)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412770

Description

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

 - The diff_pp function in lib/gauntlet_rubyparser.rb in the ruby_parser gem 3.1.1 and earlier for Ruby
 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a
 predictable name in /tmp. (CVE-2013-0162)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8mvw-22r7-w6fq

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 412770

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-0162

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/5/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-0162

BID: 58110

cwe: CWE-377