Detections
Analytics

SCA: security update for active_attr (GHSA-4whf-rmx5-8frv)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410445

Description

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

 - A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in cgriego active_attr up to 0.15.2. This affects
 the function call of the file lib/active_attr/typecasting/boolean_typecaster.rb of the component Regex
 Handler. The manipulation of the argument value leads to denial of service. The exploit has been disclosed
 to the public and may be used. Upgrading to version 0.15.3 is able to address this issue. The name of the
 patch is dab95e5843b01525444b82bd7b336ef1d79377df. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
 The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-216207. (CVE-2021-4250)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4whf-rmx5-8frv

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410445

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-4250

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:N/I:N/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/19/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-4250

cwe: CWE-404