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SCA: security update for rubygems-update (GHSA-p7f2-rr42-m9xm)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417373

Description

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

 - RubyGems version 2.6.12 and earlier is vulnerable to maliciously crafted gem specifications to cause a
 denial of service attack against RubyGems clients who have issued a `query` command. (CVE-2017-0900)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-p7f2-rr42-m9xm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417373

Version: Revision 1.5

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-0900

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/31/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-0900

BID: 100579

cwe: CWE-20