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SCA: security update for rubygems-update (GHSA-pm9x-4392-2c2p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417594

Description

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

 - RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier fails to validate specification names, allowing a maliciously crafted
 gem to potentially overwrite any file on the filesystem. (CVE-2017-0901)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pm9x-4392-2c2p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417594

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-0901

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

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/27/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0901

BID: 100580