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SCA: security update for ffi (GHSA-2gw2-8q9w-cw8p)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423048

Description

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

 - ruby-ffi version 1.9.23 and earlier has a DLL loading issue which can be hijacked on Windows OS, when a
 Symbol is used as DLL name instead of a String This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in v1.9.24
 and later. (CVE-2018-1000201)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2gw2-8q9w-cw8p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423048

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/29/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000201

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 8/31/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/22/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000201

cwe: CWE-426