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SCA: security update for thin (GHSA-j24p-r6wx-r79w)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 421868

Description

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

 - lib/thin/connection.rb in Thin web server before 1.2.4 relies on the X-Forwarded-For header to determine
 the IP address of the client, which allows remote attackers to spoof the IP address and hide activities
 via a modified X-Forwarded-For header. (CVE-2009-3287)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j24p-r6wx-r79w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 421868

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

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-2009-3287

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3287

BID: 44525

cwe: CWE-20