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SCA: security update for mail (GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421819

Description

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

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in lib/mail/network/delivery_methods/file_delivery.rb in the Mail gem
 before 2.4.4 for Ruby allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the to
 parameter. (CVE-2012-2139)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cj92-c4fj-w9c5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421819

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2139

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:H/I:N/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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/26/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2139

BID: 53257

cwe: CWE-22