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SCA: security update for actionpack (GHSA-mpxf-gcw2-pw5q)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422727

Description

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

 - actionpack/lib/action_view/lookup_context.rb in Action View in Ruby on Rails 3.x before 3.2.16 and 4.x
 before 4.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a header
 containing an invalid MIME type that leads to excessive caching. (CVE-2013-6414)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-mpxf-gcw2-pw5q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 422727

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 6/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6414

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 10/24/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/2/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6414

BID: 64074

cwe: CWE-20