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SCA: security update for rubygems-update (GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 413064

Description

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

 - The extract_files function in installer.rb in RubyGems before 0.9.1 does not check whether files exist
 before overwriting them, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files, cause a
 denial of service, or execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM packages. (CVE-2007-0469)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-95vx-q4c2-64gr

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 413064

Version: Revision 1.10

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: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-0469

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-0469

BID: 86765