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SCA: security update for nokogiri (GHSA-jw9f-hh49-cvp9)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 416602
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- There is a flaw in the xml entity encoding functionality of libxml2 in versions before 2.9.11. An attacker
who is able to supply a crafted file to be processed by an application linked with the affected
functionality of libxml2 could trigger an out-of-bounds read. The most likely impact of this flaw is to
application availability, with some potential impact to confidentiality and integrity if an attacker is
able to use memory information to further exploit the application. (CVE-2021-3517)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 416602
Version: Revision 1.6
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 1/23/2025
Updated: 1/27/2026
Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.9
Percentile: 52.58
Vendor
Vendor Severity: High
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3517
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.6
Temporal Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/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: 5/24/2022
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-3517
cwe: CWE-787