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SCA: security update for github.com/github/hub, hub (GHSA-x5m6-jh4r-34mv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420309

Description

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

 - The am function in lib/hub/commands.rb in hub before 1.12.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary
 files via a symlink attack on a temporary patch file. (CVE-2014-0177)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x5m6-jh4r-34mv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420309

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: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/15/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0177

BID: 67474

cwe: CWE-377